This is the basis of well known - potentially hypothetical - scam. Send 2^n emails out, half stating that stock X will go up tomorrow, half stating the same sto

This is the basis of well known - potentially hypothetical - scam. Send 2^n emails out, half stating that stock X will go up tomorrow, half stating the same stock will go down. The next day, split the addresses that received the correct prediction in half, and repeat.[1] [1] http://ask.metafilter.com/216295/Is-this-famous-investment-scam-real-or-fiction http://ask.metafilter.com/216295/Is-this-famous-investment-s...