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ELaurie
02-26-2008, 05:00 PM
Read carefully...

THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL



To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,

But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn 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 EVERY BODY.... JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an

attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured

AOL and &nbs p; 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





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 received 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 hel p 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'.

Pam "SFSOM" in TN
02-26-2008, 05:02 PM
Yes, of course. The key words are the ones that strive to assure you in the strongest possible terms of the validity of the message.

Check out things you are wondering about on snopes.com.

Ria
02-26-2008, 05:03 PM
It's junk. I've seen it before...a few years ago, actually.

Ria

GothicGyrl
02-26-2008, 05:03 PM
It's not a scam, it's just flat out not true.

www.snopes.com and type in Bill Gates. Poor guy gets taken advantage of alot it seems.

ELaurie
02-26-2008, 05:12 PM
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right?

It was forwarded by someone in our home schooling loop.

Pam "SFSOM" in TN
02-26-2008, 05:19 PM
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right?

It was forwarded by someone in our home schooling loop.

Is there anything WORSE than forwards from your homeschooling group? Ugh.

Oh, yes. Forwards from your father-in-law. *sigh*

Oh, and thanks Toni for the clarification. Not a scam, just a hoax/stupid/not true.

Lisa at Home
02-26-2008, 09:26 PM
Junk e-mails from church members. ;)

~Lisa

Tutor
02-26-2008, 09:32 PM
It's not a scam, it's just flat out not true.

www.snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com) and type in Bill Gates. Poor guy gets taken advantage of alot it seems.

I don't know what I'd do without snopes. Love that site.

GothicGyrl
02-26-2008, 09:50 PM
I don't know what I'd do without snopes. Love that site.
It's my second home.. ;)