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Thread ID: 39814 2003-11-18 09:19:00 $$$$$$$ or Scam? fus1_n (3818) PC World Chat
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192908 2003-11-18 09:19:00 Has anyone recived a Foward E-mail like this? It looks like a scam, but you never know. Has anyone got money from this thing?

> > > > Subject: PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! It was on the news!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kathy South
> > > > Alcoa - EHS Maintenance Coordinator
> > > > Phone: 765/771-3547
> > > > Pager: 765/420-6575
> > > >
> > > > To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, but this is
> > > > from my good friend Pearlas Sanborn 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 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 < mailto: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. 		fus1_n (3818)
192909 2003-11-18 09:22:00 Its a Scam (www.trendmicro.com) godfather (25)
192910 2003-11-18 09:24:00 mine met the fate of the delete key
1 vote scam 		beama (111)
192911 2003-11-18 09:27:00 Come on,How could anybody take that seriously? metla (154)
192912 2003-11-18 09:31:00 > Come on,How could anybody take that seriously?

I did .











:^O 		PoWa (203)
192913 2003-11-18 09:35:00 > > Come on,How could anybody take that seriously?
>
> I did.

And nothing has happened, I guess? :P 		fus1_n (3818)
192914 2003-11-18 09:38:00 In my economics exam today, there was a thing on...

Scarcity, thus not been able to have every thing we want. They are wasting a mean of yours, time! 		~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
192915 2003-11-18 09:52:00 Oh please.. I got this about 4 years ago!!!

And something that will tell you if its real or not:

How can they post success reports if they've already sent it two weeks earlier?

My aunty got.... This happened when I...
But you already sent it...?!?!?!?!


Chill. 		Chilling_Silently (228)
192916 2003-11-18 09:59:00 No, noone has ever got money from a thing like this but the original sender, a Pyramid-game it is . . . nothing but a scam .

Sorry you had to ask if this was for real or not, dont get fooled by the numerous scams on the net . 		peter.jonsson (3024)
192917 2003-11-18 10:22:00 You might wanna email the poor soul who emailed this to you, and anybody else who it may have been CC'd to.

You were right in thinking it was a Scam, and well done coming to check it out before sending it on :-)

Cheers


Chill. 		Chilling_Silently (228)
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