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Canadian residents only--A banking opportunity

When I began to make money writing, I opened a bank account to keep that money separate. I chose a bank that offered interest.

I called them first to see how they could afford to pay me for the use of my money when my regular bank couldn't. (I used to work for one of Canada's biggest banks so I knew what questions to ask.) After my investigation I assured myself that they were legitimate, were covered by CIDC insurance, and genuinely would give me real interest without tying up my money for months or years at a time.

Two years later I'm a very happy customer. In fact, I opened a second account for another purpose, as well.

Recently I got an email from this bank that I suspected might be SPAM, so I called them. They told me that what I had received was legitimate.

Until August 15 they are offering $13 to anyone who opens an account of at least $100.

Once again I was skeptical, but I've checked and rechecked and this is legitimate, too.

Instead of spending money on SPAM and making reasonable people really mad, this bank is willing to give new clients this offer. They know that if you have agreed to allow them to contact you, you are more than mildly interested, and certainly won't be angry with them. They are betting that once you see what they have available, you'll open an account. That's worth $13 to them because they expect you'll be like me and leave your money there for a long time.

If this is interesting to you, give me your first and last name and email address. (Each person can take advantage of this offer only once, but yesterday I had a family of four--two parents and their two college age children--send in four names and addresses. That's 4x$13 for that family.) I won't use your information for anything else. And the bank has promised to contact you only once. (In the two years I have banked with them, this is the first email I have had from them.)

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