Author Topic: anyone know if this is ligit ?  (Read 3737 times)

gotcrypt2002

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« on: 22 June 2003, 11:42 »
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, but this is from my good friend 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.

Regards..
Charles S. Bailey
General Manager Field Operations
1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-245-1085 or RNX 292-1085
[email protected]

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 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 remains 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 $4,54323 by forwarding this e-mail.

Try it; what have you got to lose????

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« Reply #1 on: 22 June 2003, 11:47 »
At a "random" guess here this is a complete and utter load of shit.  What do you mean "is this legit?"  You have a brain, use it.
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
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« Reply #2 on: 22 June 2003, 11:48 »
Can a mod please delete this?  The last thing we need is dumb fuck spammers infesting the forums.
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
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Doctor V

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« Reply #3 on: 22 June 2003, 11:52 »
I switched e-mail accounts twice to aviod junk mail, and now its getting posted here...

A definitive dead-threader.  BIN!

  :rolleyes:  V  :rolleyes:

gotcrypt2002

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« Reply #4 on: 22 June 2003, 11:58 »
hey not trying to pump up bill gates or anything but, i just want to know the time is up anyhow was hust wondering if was legit i did not replay to this message but did recieve it from a shaky source. just curious as to was it a real deal and besides do i have a brain well i guess not. but tell you one thing anyone with a half of brain would jump on that band wagon and if you dont like bill gates then get what you can from the fucker right thANKS FOR THE FLAMMIING replays.

[ June 22, 2003: Message edited by: gotcrypt2002 ]


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« Reply #5 on: 22 June 2003, 14:08 »
Junk mail is a problem. That problem could be rapidly decreased if people started to ignore/delete chainmail/spam (well, not all chainmail, some chainmail are funny   ).

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« Reply #6 on: 22 June 2003, 15:15 »
If you ever get an email from someone you've never heard of, and it says you can get all kinds of money quick and easy, its a scam and you should just delete the message.  Certainly don't pass it on to anyone, many people are getting more than they want already.  And if you get a message from Nigeria that offers you hundreds of thousands of dollars for transfering money out of the country, well, they are trying to rip you off too.

and you're going to have to do better than this if you post here:

 
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 i just want to know the time is up anyhow was hust wondering if was legit i did not replay to this message but did recieve it from a shaky source


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gotcrypt2002

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« Reply #7 on: 23 June 2003, 07:52 »
i hear ya but i am just a little curious i did not reply to it just wanted to see about it thanks

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« Reply #8 on: 23 June 2003, 11:44 »
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Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune.

Please do not take this for a fortune letter. Bill Gates is a junk.  sound better?    
 
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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.

So, I have to be a windows user...and why the hell would I want Microsoft to track my emails?
 
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Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque

Thanks but no, thanks...my adress is -still- private     to Microsoft, at least
 
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Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real

What does this have to do with the law anyway?
 
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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.

ok, first Microsoft and AOL, now Intel? make up your mind    

Eediot.Loser.Microphone abuser   :D

[ June 23, 2003: Message edited by: Darkheim ]

In a free and open society, why would we need Windows or Gates?!

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« Reply #9 on: 23 June 2003, 17:11 »
um...i really dont think that it is possbile to track emails unless it contains some sort of trojan code...
"if i destroyed you, i would only be perpetuating your legacy" - Me

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« Reply #10 on: 23 June 2003, 17:41 »
Windows is a trojan code.

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« Reply #11 on: 23 June 2003, 21:15 »
I thought Windows was a virus.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article09-115

Oh, wait, it's a bug.

(Oh well, this topic can't get any dumber than it already is...)

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« Reply #12 on: 24 June 2003, 00:39 »
this just in----People Are Gullible!!!

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« Reply #13 on: 24 June 2003, 14:25 »
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Originally posted by ecsyle:951:
this just in----People Are Gullible!!!

And according to The Doors: People are strange
"The gentleman is dead, the feminists killed him" Anonymous

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« Reply #14 on: 24 June 2003, 23:02 »
according to Slipknot, people = shit. *shrug*