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ellyn bagley

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Jul 18, 2003, 10:51:46 AM7/18/03
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I received the following e-mail - IS IT AUTHENTIC?


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
Charles...@csx.com

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 $4,543.23 by forwarding this e-mail.


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


OO PedlinRose OO



George Moldova [MCP, MVP]

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Jul 18, 2003, 11:04:02 AM7/18/03
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it is a hoax...a big one <g>
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JohnS50718

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Jul 18, 2003, 11:13:05 AM7/18/03
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It's absolutely authentic. I just received my check drawn on Bill Gate's
personal account for $400 million dollars.

Cordially yours in jest,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

Herb Tyson [MVP]

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Jul 18, 2003, 1:50:35 PM7/18/03
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HOWEVER... the automatic tracking works only if you have Outlook version
23.7 or later. I received a check for $427 million dollars. Unfortunately,
it's post-dated, and cannot be deposited until April 1, 2097.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
*Remove x's for domain*
mailto:he...@hxexrxbxtxyxsxoxn.com http://www.herbtyson.com

Bill G.

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Jul 21, 2003, 8:05:13 AM7/21/03
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Definitely a scam. Follow the link I have attached and it
will explain it to you. Forward this link to all people
who send these things to you. And refer to it before you
forward anything.

http://www.netscams.com/

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