This was on the 9:00 o'clock news the other night and this works
THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!
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
2007-10-31 05:29:29 · 20 answers · asked by stephanie 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
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 General Manager Field Operations
1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX
292-1085
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 receive 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
2007-10-31 05:30:15 · update #1
It is fraudulent
You shouldn't open unsolicted email from unknown sources. Often what happens is that when you open up spam, it sends back a trigger to the originating source indicating that a valid email address has been found thus subjecting you to even more spam down the road. Even using the preview pane in email products sends web beacons back to spammers.( http://helpdesk.gwu.edu/mailfilter/spam.html )
However, in this case since you have already opened up this email which is a probably a variant of the 419 Nigerian phishing scheme, display all headers and send it to Fraud Watch International. The email address is in the link to the webpage below.
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/lottery/
There are a couple Yahoo pages dedicated to the 419 Fraud
Yahoo Lottery Fraud
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-63.html
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/abuse/abuse-110240.html
Microsoft also has a similar webpage
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/lottery.mspx
2007-10-31 05:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by MLM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I got 3 emails similar to this one over the past 4 years, it's a scam...If it wasn't then you would see it on Microsoft official webpage...I mean getting money just for seding emails. When it's too good to be true, it usually is...
2007-10-31 05:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Josephine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The fact that they continually tried to persuade you is a red flag.
If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Microsoft does not hand out money to forward chain letters, and they never will.
2007-10-31 07:22:25 · answer #3 · answered by txofficer2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anytime a corporation uses the word "repent" you know its a scam. BIll Gates does share his money in the form of the "GATES FOUNDATION" Not an e-mail chain letter.
Also, AOL recently fired half of its payroll so I doubt they are handing out FREE money. They have their own browser so they don't even support Internet explorer.
You my friend are the worst kind of scammer. At least real scammers try to make money. Your mission is literally to waste everyones time. You are pathetic.
2007-10-31 05:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Relax Guy 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i always go by this 'if it sounds too good to be true, then it most likley is' i don't think any one would share their money this way accept giving it to a charity. go to the bank and make sure the check is real before u deposit. personally i think this is a scam.
2007-10-31 05:40:40 · answer #5 · answered by LINDSEY S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is completely false. This has been circulating for many many years now and no one has gotten paid, you are just putting your email address out there for spammers to get a hold of.
Secondly, there is no way of tracking emails that get forwarded.
2007-10-31 05:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is a scam. Check out scam.com they have a list of all the scams that our out there, that one is kind of old.
2007-10-31 05:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by Miss 6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's a total scam delete.
2007-10-31 05:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by triton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
Scam
Scam
Scam
Why in the world would ANYONE pay money for forwarding an email?
2007-10-31 05:33:44 · answer #9 · answered by gcason 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's garbage period! Check snopes.com
2007-10-31 05:37:26 · answer #10 · answered by Richard K 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋