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$10,000 dollars for forwarding an email?

Posted By: Terry
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, at 1:22 p.m.

I just got this email. I removed the headers, but it had been forwarded to everyone in a quite a few people's address books. There were hundreds of email addresses in the CC feilds.

Granted I am a bit more skeptical than most, but how can people continue to beleive this crap.

I have hundreds of AOL subscribers who report me as a spammer because they have been taught not to click on the remove link. It's now getting worse because the media has been telling people clicking on remove links is a common way of catching viruses.

For your entertainment:


Subject: Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! asap

I don't know about this, but I had to forward it, just in case! I am a
sucker for free money!

Thanks,
Mark

THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USATODAY - IT IS FOR REAL

Subject: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!

!!!! It was on the news! (Phone and email removed)

To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is from my
good 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 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
(phone and email removed by me)

I 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 withindays,
I receive 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.

Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest
Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely
used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it( if you
are a Microsoft Windows user)for a two week time period.

TRy it; What have you got to lose????

It doesn't even make sense. My bank only returns checks I deposit that bounce. I have never seen a check stamped "paid in full."

Terry

PS to Maw Maw - this board doesn't display correctly in FireFox. It's too wide. I think it is the feild box for writing a post is not defined in correct HTML. You should be able to fix it in your template.

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