anyone else received this e-mail?

Started by 49er, Jun 01 06 08:48

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49er

  Subject: FW: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..
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>   THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
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>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 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 &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
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>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 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 $10,00000
>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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Lise

No but it feels like a scam.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Dissident

 Uh . . . I got that one a couple of times about 4-5 years ago.  Even if it were true at the time, I'm a Mac user, so it doesn't touch me.  btw, love their adverts these days, you seen 'em?  LOL  
fenec rawks!

Sportsdude

If the title of email looks like spam its a scam and I hit the spam, button.
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

kingy

i gave most of my money to that nigerian king that keeps emailing me.
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TehBorken

I garauntee you that this is utter crap.
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

Chicklet

TehBorken is right.  I think I got that one a few years ago.  It's a complete scam.  Why do these things keep resurfacing?  I like to think that we really aren't THAT stupid.
'In every group of human beings you will find a few specimens of below average intelligence, above average ego and spectacularly bad judgement.' - tenkani

kingy

these keep popping up because it works...

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