who knows if this is a bull shit scam for spammers, or if it's microsoft just trying to f*ck people over and expend there enterprise. whatever talk about f*cking my day.
so has anyone seen this, it was sent to me in an email as a attachment. (txt file)
> To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages like this, but
this
> is from a lady, Pearlas Sanborn and she really is an attorney. If she
says
> that this will work it WILL work. After 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 is
> 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 week 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 cheque.
>
> 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, received a cheque for US$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 US$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 remain 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. For every person that you forward this e-mail
> to, Microsoft will pay you $203.15. For every person that you sent it to
> that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $156.29. And for every third
> person that receives it, you will be paid $17.65. Within two weeks, Intel
> will contact you for your address and then send you a check. I thought
> this was a scam myself, but a friend of my good friend's Aunt Patricia,
who
> works at Intel, actually got a check of $4,543.23 by forwarding this
> e-mail. Try it, what have you got to lose????
