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    Got this little artifact from one of my brothers today. This thing has been in circulation since 1997 (back when AOL actually WAS the top internet service in the country)!

    guys, my lawyer's paralegal sent this one to me and if it doesn't work, they are aware that we all will be coming to visit them for a law suit for false advertisement!

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

    To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, but this is from my friend Pearl 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?
    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 Pepsi Co 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 Genera l Manager Field Operations

    1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 1-800-842-2332 Ext.. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085

    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 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 $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'.
    I mailed him back and refuted it, of course (nobody likes a party-pooper ). But it gave me the idea for an absolutely DIABOLICAL social engineering experiment which could conceivably frighten half the population into never using email again, if not off the internet altogether!

    PM me for details if you're interested in participating.

    Bwaa-hahahahaahaa!

    Kevin

  • #2
    yeah, I remember seeing such, way back in the days, when I was in university.. funny how people actually believe that an email is trackable in the way described
    We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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    • #3
      i still remember sending out a mail with some interesting facts/stories once around that time (circa 2000) to just about 5 of my friends and got it a couple of months later with a "please forward it to all your friends if you like this" appended to it and a few years later the email came back with "forward to XXX no. of friends for good luck or else your girlfriend will run away" added.
      Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.

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      • #4
        People who believe stuff like that are logically impaired.

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