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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:40 PM
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Has anyone received the following e-mail?
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Subject: Fwd: FW: Fw: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD
MORNINGAMERICA TODAYSHOW ...]
> 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
> 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 Charles_Bailey@csx.com
> Charles_bailey@csx.com
>
>
>
> 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,
> &! gt; 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.
>
>
>
>
>
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