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MS and AOL paying us money...

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Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:49 am

MS and AOL paying us money...

Hehe lol, I just recieved this in an email , to me it sounds like a PURE hoax...anybody else got this??


>!!!! It was on the news! Kathy South Alcoa - EHS Maintenance Coordinator Phone: 765/771 - 3547 Pager : 765/420 - 6575
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations
>1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX
>292-1085 [email protected] [email protected]
>
>
>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.
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>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"
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>Like i said before, I know the law, and this is for real.
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>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.
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>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.


Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:15 am

hoax

Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:16 am

I wonder how many people will fall for it. And how many people will take the "legal" stuff seriously and try to sue MS or something.

Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:16 am

you actually thought about speculating on the geniuinity of the thing?

and esq is gonna tell you not to open mails you dont know...

Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:29 am

I opened it because it was a forward from my friend...and looking at email it seems like A LOT of people recieved it , btw email originated from a normal person...saying that this was in Tuedays news...Usatoday newspapers...

But since its a hoax...I deleted it ASAP

more about it





Edited by - Leonhart on 8/27/2004 11:31:35 AM

Post Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:45 pm

Well I'm convinced. I can definitely imagine MS paying strangers on anonymous email accounts money for frowarding an important community annoucement like that *rolls eyes*.

*Shakes head* Leon, what have I told you about opening emails from people that you don't know? *Glares at kimk from taking the fun out the chastisement*

Post Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:36 am

PURE HOAXNESS!

I.E: hoax! It's a hoax! Let's burn it!

Post Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:09 am

"My friend is an attorney, really, trust me. She knows the law! Because she's an attorney! This is not a hoax because she really knows the law! This is true because she's an attorney!"

Come on LH, did you really fall for this?

Edited by - Wizard on 8/28/2004 4:57:03 PM

Post Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:28 am

As I am sure all of you have been asked in the past about these stupid pranks, I usually ask the questioners that I am confronted with, why Microsoft or AOL are not publicly advertising this instead of relying upon such an indirect method as e-mail chain lettering.

It usually makes them see the light but not always.

Post Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:56 pm

Why, by having anonymous individuals advertise their "special offers", MS and AOL save money Indy. I thought that everyone knew that .

Post Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:02 pm

It's not even a very imaginative or well-written hoax. Anyone who falls for this deserves all the ribbing and whatever viruses they open in every email attachment they get.

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