Do any of you remember this scam?

wareagle

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email i received about six years ago and about once a year. why wouldn't someone take the yellow pages email addys. copy and paste and send out a mass email to millions of people, get billions of $from who the hell ever? I think this company needs a new attorney. Will someone explain this BS to me!

Dear Friends,
> Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill
> Gates is 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 week 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 cheque.
>
> Regards.
> Charles S. Bailey
> General Manager Field Operations
> 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-245-1085 or RNX
> 292-1085
> Charles_Bailey@csx.com
>
> 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 within
> days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00. You need
> to respond before the beta testing is over. If
> anyone can afford 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 US$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.
>
> For every person that you forward this e-mail to,
> Microsoft will pay you $203.15.
> For every person that you sent it to that forwards
> it on, Microsoft will pay you $156.29
> And for every third person that receives it, you
> will be paid $17.65.
> Within two weeks, Intel will contact you for your
> address and then send you a check.
> I thought this was a scam myself, but a friend of
> my good friend's Aunt Patricia, who works at Intel,
> actually got a check of $4,54323 by forwarding this
> e-mail.
>
 

Stuman

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I remember that scam very well. I find it ironic that an IT professional tech support call to Microsoft also costs $245.00 hmmmmm....

I also think its funny how people think that Microsoft is tracking all of these emails across the country. :rolleyes:
 

Lefty Guns

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yeah this is joke!!!!!! I got this e-mail for like the 3rd time in an year last week. I wrote back to the person telling them this was a load of bull!!!!!!!!!
 
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