Its a chain letter email...I'm sure it's not true, but what do I do now that I've opened it? I called the number but it doesn't work in my area...but this is what it says:
"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
2006-09-18 20:59:29 · 23 answers · asked by jazzzame 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Duh guys....Wake up!!! I KNOW IT'S BS, but now that I've opened it, if theres a virus attached, wouldn't I be infected? And shouldn't I report it....where?
2006-09-18 21:10:20 · update #1
And I did get it from a friend...Some friend.....;-(
2006-09-18 21:15:18 · update #2
Its definately a spam email. However, what you can do is to forward this email to MS support center and let them do their job.
2006-09-18 21:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, pure and simple. Microsoft does not track what you forward. This has been around forever and has several versions with sometimes another company supposed to pay.
Never open a suspicious link or give a password in e-mail. Never open mail you aren't sure of, period. And you might want to run your virus check to be sure you didn't get one. Be glad you didn't get suckered into calling a number that costs $50 a minute, too.
Check out nonsense like this at:
http://www.snopes.com .
2006-09-19 04:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo! will tell you whether or not their e-mails are legit. Sometimes I've seen warnings from them concerning this very thing. Instead of asking us through Yahoo!, why don't you contact the companies involved and get *their* take on it? They might not even be aware of it and if it's a scam, they'll be able to address it for you. Whatever it is, don't send anyone money you don't know!
2006-09-19 04:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by coorissee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a chainletter. aka junk mail. the way to deal with that is simply delete it & forget about it. By passing it on, you are just passing spam on to your friends & relatives. Nobody likes to get that sort of mail. Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it is! Furthermore, there is no way for them to track you & send you money. Why do you think Gates wants to send you his money? LOL, By the way, that exact email has been passed around for at least 6 years. Those & the ones similar to it are just lies. Don't believe it. No bad luck will happen to you if you don't forward it to everyone you know.
2006-09-19 04:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by julie j 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole wide world got this mail and many added it to their junk / blocked mail folder.
Every other person who forwarded me this mail and who I know are still waiting for the first check from Microsoft.
Maybe takes time for Uncle Bill to sign the checks??
2006-09-19 04:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp
No, you're not going to be receiving money, merchandise, or free trips from Bill Gates (or anyone else), no matter how many people you forward this message to. Tracing all recipients of an e-mail message is not yet technically possible, and even if it were, Bill Gates certainly wouldn't be testing software that performed such tracking by blindly sending messages out to the Internet with a promise of financial reward to the recipients.
2006-09-19 04:02:26 · answer #6 · answered by .jess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number didn't work in your area because it is a fake.
Microsoft is not in the computer business to give you or any random person money.
Trust me. You can forward this straight to Bill Gates and never see a cent from it.
Its is just another in a very, and I mean very, long list of scams over the internet.
2006-09-19 04:03:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a total scam. Check out snopes.com. What I did is put in my browser "Microsoft and AOL paying for beta tests" and several links came up exposing the scam. Don't even bother calling them. Lord only knows what they will want from you.
2006-09-19 04:05:27 · answer #8 · answered by phoenixheat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trash mail. Frankly I don't even bother to open every single email that comes in my inbox. Just from those I know or the newsletters I've requested for.
Mails like the one you got are spam. If they have attachments to be downloaded DON'T cos' it could be a virus.
2006-09-19 04:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by neil.ferns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any e'mail you get that you aren't sure of, go to:
http://snopes.com
then find something unique in your e'mail such as "Charles S Bailey" type this in the search at snopes and you will see if it legitimate or not.
This is obviously a hoax. I even found it on snopes for you at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp
2006-09-19 04:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋