Is this considered a pyramid scheme if it actually worked?!?

Ok it says to send $5 (via Paypal only) to the first person on the list along with an email saying "please add me to your list" and $5 dollars to the last person saying "thank you, i've joined" This is the list; 1. msmaryjane@comcast.net
2. JMacKell@aol.com
3. rathgeber@comcast.net
4. MattL10@hotmail.com
5. mrstephenlynam@gmail.com

Once you've done that your suppose to move the names up a place (getting rid of the first name, and making number 5 your own email.)

I emailed people who've done it and its supposedly legal and it got them a lot of money. No one who done said it didnt work, so I tried it (worth a shot for $10, about 8euro) and it actually worked, i got money and so did everyone else. I asked my father, whos a lawyer and he said its legal as there is no obligation do it and it does help people get money at a low investment, but I'm still skeptical. Just asking for your opinion on it and please post up if you tried it after me and it worked for you

It is a pyramid scheme and it is illegal. Please delete this question or at least remove all the email addresses because this is an invasion of their privacy and they'll come looking for you when their inboxes fill up with spam!

If a scheme works or not, it does not change what it is. Sounds like what you are really asking is " Is this Pyramid Scheme, that I am involved in legal since I got away with it?"

It works for the very first ones. The few who initiate the scheme.
If the chain is never broken, based on 5 people sending money to 5 people every day, there will be
931,322,574,615,478,000,000
people involved in 30 days time.

Good luck.

In Canada a pyramid scheme is illegal for the purposes of the Criminal Code when a person participating in the scheme becomes entitled to receive more money than they invested in the scheme by reason of recruiting others. The money is made through recruitment, while the product or service has no real value. Just curious which firm your Dad works for or where he attended law school. Personally this post smells a little fishy to me.

Thank you for confessing to having committed a felony. You are being reported to the Federal authorities.

Enjoy your 30 year prison stay. You did it to yourself.