is this for real???????

[urban-wombat]

was in my mail today...

copy of email message
__________________________________________________________
THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAYUSA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,
But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is
an attorney.
If she says that this will work - It will work. After all,What have
you got to lose?
SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an
attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured
AOL and &nbs p; Intel will follow through with their promises for
fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the =
one
filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.
Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter.
Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent
later.
Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies
and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the
most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail
beta test.
When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will
track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks
time period.
For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay
you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on,
Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives
it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact
you for your address and then send you a check.
Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations
1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085
[ mailto:[email protected] ([email protected])] [email protected]
[ mailto:[email protected] ([email protected]) ]
p;msg=3DA44FACE5-D622-41C2-821D-E3A16377D110&start=3D0&len=3D3
href=3D"mailto:[email protected] ([email protected])" =
target=3D_blank>[email protected]
thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this
e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and
within days, I received a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond
before the beta testing is over. If anyone can affoard this, Bill gates =
is
the
man.
It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many
people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00
We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without
getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in
on this a few months ago. When i went to visit him for the Baylor/UT
game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was
stamped
"Paid
in full"
Like i said before, I know the law, and this is for real.
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[Ianab]

Hoax...

Usually started by spammers as a method of collecting valid email addresses.

Delete

Cheers

Ian

[womble]

total crapppp

check snopes

[craigb]

You needed to ask? :rolleyes:

[urban-wombat]

No... but ..... I guess the Easter Bunny .. Santa ect ect are still for real....Col

PS also won over 1.5 million is the euro LOTTO..don't tell me I didn't..bugger:D :D

[Auld Bassoon]

You cannot be serious...

[lesmeyer]

This one has been around for more than a year now. It boggles my mind how many people actually believe this,:confused:
Les

[Bob Willson]

Of course it's for real. So far Micro$oft have sent me $15,678,243.00
By the end of the year I hope to have trebled that amount.
If you send this reply to 82 of your closect friends and then wave your computer around your head for two minutes then you will see something really amazing. This is not a hoax. Try it and you will love it.
Oh, also there are no viruses in this email message. See below.


This message has been checked for virusses and stuff like that but it didn't have any. (Checked by - The Wham Bam Virus Checker)

[sbranden]

snopes.com is a great place to find out about these things. Another good way is to just do a search on some keywords.

For instance a search on "THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY" gives lots of information and the first link is to snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp

This one has been around for some time and does pop up quite often.

google.com is your friend

cheers

shaun

[Ramps]

Hoax-slayer is the first stop for any emails i get with regard to ANY warnings and giveaways. See the link for this one.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ms-money-giveway-hoax.html

this is what they say about this hoax...

Commentary:
The Money From Microsoft giveaway hoax is one of the most prevalent email hoaxes on the Internet. There are a number of versions of this hoax, all claiming that Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates, will give away money or other benefits in exchange for forwarding emails. In spite of thorough public debunking over several years, people continue to forward these silly emails in the vain hope that Bill will share his fortune.

This aging hoax is still circulating and apparently still convincing email recipients all around the planet that Bill Gates and AOL will send them a stack of money simply for passing on an email. The only way to "track" such an email would be to embed some sort of hidden code in the email. Even if Bill did decide that "sharing his fortune" was something that he wanted to do, I'm pretty confident he wouldn't go about it in this way. In any case, tracking an email in the way described would raise all sorts of privacy issues. There have been several hoax emails that refer to this email tracking concept, all of them equally nonsensical.

This one, and all of its mutant siblings should be sent directly to the trash bin.

[urban-wombat]

You cannot be serious...

Steve my comment was made toung in cheek

[Bob38S]

To anyone considering the Gates letter.

Listen, we have this bridge in Sydney which is surplus to requirements and the government has decided that my company can sell it for scrap.

Now, if you are really quick and send me a cheque by CoB today then..................................

:D:):D

[echnidna]

To anyone considering the Gates letter.

Listen, we have this bridge in Sydney which is surplus to requirements and the government has decided that my company can sell it for scrap.

Now, if you are really quick and send me a cheque by CoB today then..................................

:D:):D

I represent an Irish Investment company,

Please quote a price to relocate that bridge to the middle of the Nullabor Plain so we can use it as a fishing platform for Tourists,;)

[Kev Y.]

Email rule number 1.

If its unsollicited, and it sounds too good to be true.. its a SCAM!!!!

[Iain]

Bugger, I made a bid on the bridge...............

[Daddles]

Bugger, I made a bid on the bridge...............

But you WON Iain. Just stuff the cash in a bag and post it to me ;)

Richard

[Ramps]

If this bridge thingy is made of wood ... I'll put in a bid:D

[stevebaby]

Bugger! I was just about to trump Iain's bid and now I've missed out!
My life is ruined !

[echnidna]

Does that mean I can tell the Irish Fishermen they can soon have a fishing holiday on the Nullabor?

[urban-wombat]

Not the great 'Sydney Harbour Bridge scam'

But you never can tell if it's a SCAM or not..

TRUE STORY..... not in the EMAIL .. but arrived by SNAIL MAIL.

About 7 years ago I received a letter for a genealogy company in London it was a list of questions about some person who lived in the UK .. the tag line was if I could name this person I could make a claim on several million dollars..in the letter it stated there was over 90 other who could also make a claim .. the bottom line was.. if I couldn't name the person and if no other person could.. the genealogy co would make a claim as agent for all the people on the list .. and a 1/3 fee would be charged and just over 1/3 could go in taxes... I was asked to write back saying I appoint them as my agent in the case....

My first thought was SCAM.. but SWMBO.. said why not phone my brother in the UK.. this I did .. he also thought it a scam...

In a short time he was back on the phone.. "it's not a scam.." so I got the letter out of the trash bin and my answer was soon in the post..

Over the next few weeks I received several letters asking questions about family members...I passed the test and was told the first payment will soon be made..

Then the cheques started arriving.....I won't say how much.. but it was several 10s of thousands...

[echnidna]

Oh bum, it wasn't a spam.

So we must be cousins some distance apart,

Feel like helping out family Urban-wombat :D :D :D :D