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Anybody else get this email today (June 30)?

 
 
Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2004 08:52 pm
THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USATODAY - IT IS FOR REAL




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

Note from edgarblythe: I edited out names, addresses and the like.

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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.



If she says that this will work - It will work. Aft! er 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 ad! dress and then send you a check.








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
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2004 08:54 pm
It was excitedly forwarded to me by my boss. Heh heh.
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2004 08:57 pm
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I thought those letters went out of style a few years ago.
When I worked for AOL i got ALOT of calls about those chain letters and people DEMANDING thier money.
After I explained that they were only a way for solicitors to get email addresses that were ACTIVE... they would shut up.
Send it to people you dont like and watch them start complaining of excessive junk mail in about 3 weeks. heheheheheheheh
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2004 09:07 pm
I alwys get a kick out of their excitement, then watching it fade very quickly.
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 01:41 am
Any e-mail that has to say, 's/he really is an attorney is desperate enough, never minding what follows! Do you find that quite a few of the people who send such emails on are people whose plans read like this: 'when I win the lottery...?'

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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:11 am
Old Urban Legend
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 04:52 am
edgarblythe- That letter has a grey beard already! Laughing
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 04:56 am
You wouldn't think so to see the reaction to it among a few people I know.
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jespah
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 09:00 am
Amazing what people will believe.
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Acquiunk
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 01:24 pm
The most amusing part of this scam is the idea that Microsoft, the ur-monopolist of the digital age, would be giving away money.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:25 pm
Er - Care to give me your email so I can forward it to you, Acquiunk?
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Acquiunk
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:35 pm
Just forward the money edgar, I'll forward the email address upon receipt.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:40 pm
Duh, that would seem fair, except I don't know where to send the money.
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