Comments on: Peter Lynch Wants to Give You $1 Million

By: Mrs Faith Bute Ego

Mrs Faith Bute Ego — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:48:11 +0000

YOUR URGENT ASISTANCE IS REQUIRED

Tony Williams., and Anatamasivik Bongskapul

Bangkok Thailand

Mrs.faith Bute Ego

Dear Messer.

Thank you very much for your mail. Please, permit me to use this great opportunity to introduce myself to you and reveal to you why i actually contacted you, which i know you will find it very interesting to co-operate with me.

I am Tony Williams., Attorney @ law.. A deceased client of mine, that shares the same last name as yours, who died as the result of a heart-related condition in March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia and Bangkok Thailand…

http://en..wiki...cean_earthquake

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at Forty Eight million dollars (US$48million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client’s next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from many breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.

I look forward to your quick reply.

Best regards,

Tony Williams and Anatamasivik Bongskapul

Coordinators:; Mrs. Faith Bute Ego & Mrs. Cynthia Williams..

Attorney’s @ Law

E-mail: fbe2000200@yahoo.com

By: Mr.Kennedy Mensah

Mr.Kennedy Mensah — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:50:04 +0000

Dear Sir

I am delighted making this contact to you and I have believe that we can work
together as a team to achieve this noble aim of ours. First of all,let use this
opportunity to introduce my self to you.

I am Mr.Kennedy Mensah,an accountant in Commercial Bank Ghana. Am soliciting for
your assistance to partner with one of our client which have interest to invest
GBP9.560Million British pounds in your country, and our client Mrs.Elizabeth
Selormey, is the wife of late Victor Selormey, former deputy Minister of Finance
in Ghana.

Furthermore, the fund is currently deposited in Escrow coded account with our
bank and due to the position of our client, I advice that the transaction
shouldn’t be disclose to any third party.

Note, the transaction will be through bank to bank transfer.I am counting on
your anticipation & co-operation and looking forward to your positive response.
Waiting
Mr.Kennedy Mensah

By: Mabs

Mabs — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:22:50 +0000

OOOpppps! MASSACHUSETTS BASED JACKPOT REWARDS FORGOT TO INCORPORATE IN THEIR HOME STATE!!!

5/17/07 – register as a general corporation in Delaware.

1/22/08 – Jackpot Rewards Charitable Foundation was registered as a non-profit in Boston.

2/20/2008 – National roll-out of company announcing 50% of the profits
will go to charity.

3/7/2008 – Jackpot Rewards Inc. finally registers as a foreign corporation after conducting business in Massachusetts for almost one year.

What were investors Peter Lynch, Jack Connors and CEO Jim Miller thinking?
They registered as a non-profit corp, and 30 days later; they announce they will be keeping 50% of the profits.
The Boston Globe quotes Jack Connors as saying, ” he was persuaded by the idea, but also by a business model based around giving 50 percent of profits to charity.”
The business model he references is one that he stole from me, a single mother of 2 teenage daughters, that I discussed with him and gave him my business plan in the beginning of February.

By: The Great Pumpkin

The Great Pumpkin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:53:19 +0000

Most of the previous comments are written by idiots.

1. You guys need to stop assuming so many idiotic things. All investments are risky especially this one, so guess what? These guys have investigated plenty (due diligence). They don’t need help from pikers who haven’t a clue about what it takes to launch such a business.

2. Big sweepstakes almost always pay an annuity. NO ONE gets all the money at once. $1M winners tend to get $25-$35k/year for 30-40 years. So, guess what? Jackpot Rewards doesn’t actually dole out $1M/week. Read the find print before you make your stupid comments.

By: Mari

Mari — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:26:41 +0000

They have a winner.. I wasn’t sure if this was legit, but it seems to be true…the odds were 1 and 460ish….thats insane http://www.sys-...read/512649.htm!

By: Nancy L. Smith Hammond

Nancy L. Smith Hammond — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:17 +0000

That’s my Mom’s website. She hasn’t had any luck. No one buys from her nor does anyone know it exists yet she has been paying for it for quite awhile now and spent over 10 thousand dollars just to try to promote it. Now she is old and has very little money left.
Now about Peter Lynch’s idea. I really hope it works out well and I can see he has a good idea and a good business. It would be nice to be wealthy to do the things in life you would like to do but what do you do when even $3.00 per week seems like it is more than you can find to pay? I never though I would say that nor be in this position. It is good that he cares and wants to help others but can he really help me? Can he make me become wealhty? Can he do it without the $3.00 per week until he has made me wealthy? Can he really find a way?

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:01 +0000

Name game… Leib….I see your comments at a few places already and everywhere you start with….whatever good saying above is an add spam…. It’s doesn’t look this way for me. I like you comments, but a bit too agressive… I bet you anyway joined a membership and waiting for your luck…-)))

By: Jason G.

Jason G. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:47:22 +0000

It’s a lottery. All this talk about charity is only a coverup for the lottery commisioner attorney general and the lawmakers.

The odds of winning is 1:52*52*52*52*52*52 or 1:19,770,609,664 (1:19 billion), they make $$$ from the subscription fees and the when subscribers shop through their site (just like other cashback sites).

They only raised $16 mil from the investers how are they going to pay the 100 mil – Simple THEY WON”T PAY

Enjoy

By: Nicolas Block

Nicolas Block — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:50:24 +0000

their logo should use a pyramid instead of a sphere

By: Leib Aaronson

Leib Aaronson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:56:02 +0000

talking about 100 mil prize – guess what – they will never pay that money, insurance will, that is it will ever be won.
It was stated that they took out a policy to cover 100 mil prize – which wasn’t so expensive due to the extremely minimal odds of winning 1 to almost a billion

By: Leib Aaronson

Leib Aaronson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:43:46 +0000

This sure looks like paid advertising article, just disclose it. It’s a lottery. All this talk about charity is only a coverup for the lottery commisioner, attorney general and the lawmakers, just to pass through the government monopolized Lottery Laws scrutiny.
Now – legally, the law is not broken here – “no purchase nessesary” clause is 100% met by stating in the rules that you don’t have to pay if you send your entry by mail. Who in the right mind will be sending the postcards (first class mail with all restrictions >$1 – read Rules) when you can subscribe and automatically be entered in, rather then sending the postcard every time the drawing is held because they only valid for one draw.
Also, take a look at the odds of winning ~ 1:850,000,000 (that is 1 to almost a billion) – that is 7 (seven) times less possible to win than the Mega Millions lottery (odds there are ~1:175,000,000), yet your single day entry still cost a $1 ($3 weekly for 3 drawings a week). As for the prices – same (or better) you get from those online retailers allowing JR to be online affiliate. Online classified listings are not unique – all RSS feeds from other sites.

Do not want to bash it – but it does seem that most commenters here are with some interest as Wade said seem to be “some kind of creepy conspiracy or orchestrated comment spam”.
Good luck.

By: Maggy Young

Maggy Young — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:28:22 +0000

150,000 subscribers isn’t exactly a lot, nor is 1,000000, so strictly on this basis the site has a chance. But it could easily lose any interest it might acquire through inital marketing, ie. users could quickly get bored. Discounts are only useful when you are buying something & there are plenty of price comparison & coupon shopping sites. Discount offers arrive through most peoples’ doors most days anyway. There are also too many lotteries, sweepstakes, scratch cards around anyway, so I’m not sure this this will have a lasting impact.

By: Tony T

Tony T — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:33:42 +0000

@44
i think that math problem is due to some law in Canada about these kind of giveaways/sweepstakes. You can probably only “win” skill games. I saw a website with a 2+2 math problem for Canadians before. This is interesting, wondering if they can recoup the money if they really are giving out $100 mill.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:05:51 +0000

So it is $144 per year to be a part of the lotter. But you do get cash back on anything you purchase through them. Target 10%, Apple 3%, Dell 4%….not a bad deal at the end of the day if you actually shop through them.

the slickdeals crowd will love it.

By: justin

justin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:03:25 +0000

What’s up with this:
“For potential Canadian prize winners: In addition to complying in full with these Official Rules a potential Canadian prize winner must correctly answer a 4-function mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical, electronic or otherwise, before the participant can be declared the winner of any Prize. If the potential winner cannot correctly answer the question the prize will be forfeited and Rules 8 (G.) and 8 (H.), below will apply.”

-?-
http://www.jack...ny/sweepsrules/

By: Dyde

Dyde — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:46:16 +0000

I remember something like this during the first Bubble, can’t remember the name was it called Iad or Ione? I think they got bankrupt.

By: Nelson Bluesk

Nelson Bluesk — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:17:15 +0000

Talk about whoring out your legacy. Why doesn’t just walk around truckstops in a wig and heels

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:01:02 +0000

#22- the world has changed, ppl in the hood now have internet access just like everyone else. I hate to sound bigoted, but when I think of the kind of people who would pay to play, I can only think of the people I see buying lottery tickets in the convenience store when driving through a bad part of town. Mainly the poor and elderly poor.

By: Shred-boy

Shred-boy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:19:09 +0000

#19 Ben Dean and #21 Ben Dean’s Daddy: simple enough to check the domain name registrant with the corporate address. they are the same and legit. as for you fellas, ?

By: Mari

Mari — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:10:50 +0000

interesting #29

looks like the site is back up…seems interesting, not sure I totally understand it the full concept of what they are doing, but a 100 mil in five days is not bad.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:01:30 +0000

When it comes to the law, in most cases “gambling” has three components:

1. Chance
2. Prize
3. Consideration

I say this lightly because there is the law and then there is the interpretation of the law (enter the gray area).

Alternative Method of Entry (AMOE) is generally not considered “consideration”. Even though the laws that govern this tend to differ from state to state, this is generally considered a fair way to run a sweepstakes. There are some states that tend to react negatively to this type of gaming — some web searches for “gaming”, “sweepstakes”, “illegal” will reveal this. Utah for instance tends to be complicated and strict on how they interpret their gaming laws; if it is a game of chance and you pay money to win money, no matter how it’s structured, it could be branded as gambling. I suspect CT, from their past stance on such gaming, may have this interpretation as well.

I take pause at their strategy — I would suspect you’ll see fairly high jackpots at the start to attract players, but if they do not meet their registration numbers, will be forced to either continue to hemorrhage cash or reduce their prize numbers in line with their income.

By: rubu

rubu — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:01:37 +0000

I bet you the whole set-up of the site circumvents US lottery registration/online gambling laws. I believe they checked this out very thoroughly.

By: Crazyglues

Crazyglues — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:11:59 +0000

So wait a second, Let me get this straight, there are people out there who will invest in stupid ideas like this one.

Why in the world do I continue to work 9 to 5 when I can just quit my job, find some suckers, apparently one is born every day and open an internet business.

- oh yeah never mind that one of the hardest things to do on the net is to get people to pay money, because most people think of the net as being free. Unless it’s like for a product or merchandise. No one and I mean No one pays money for absolutely nothing. which is basically what your getting because 10% off products can be found by just going to dealcatcher.com for free. (but good luck with this one, you know what they say about a fool and his money… )

By: arjen

arjen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:32:58 +0000

another site not ready for prime….”Credit card service is not available at this time, please try again later”

Nope…..

By: numani

numani — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:01:38 +0000

I am not convinced that the businessplan will show positive results.
If they guarantee USD 1 Mill./week, they need at least 333.333 paying participants, which is to my opinion not easy to achieve.
Further more if they have to pay out USD 150 Mio. at the end of the year, they need more than 4 Mio. paying participants a week.
Who invests money in this kind of business?