email to forward email for $ saying Microsoft will pay for beta testing
Linda MacMillan
part of a beta testing program for AOL/Microsoft who want
to track internet explorer use. The email says that for
every person you forward the email to you will be paid
$245.00, for every person they forward it on to you will
be paid $243.00 and for the third person passed on to
$241.00. Within body of email though different amounts
are quoted. A contact person and information is given as
Charles S. Bailey, General Manager Field Operations. 1-800-
842-2332 ext: 1085 or 904-245-1085 or RNX 292-1085. email
is charles...@csx.com or charles bai...@csx.com. It
says you will receive a call from Microsoft in two weeks
so they can send you a check. I am concerned this is yet
another scam that will have people giving out email info
and then addresses or have them call this number which
will then be used for inappropriate purposes. If this is
not legit (and I don't expect it is) then Microsoft should
be warning email users not to reply to, forward or respond
to this email in any way. Linda
Keith W. McCammon
> not legit (and I don't expect it is) then Microsoft should
> be warning email users not to reply to, forward or respond
> to this email in any way. Linda
No, they should not. There are many thousands of hoaxes rampant on the
Internet, and it is up to each individual to use a little common sense, as
well as widely-available resources (e.g., http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/),
when deciding whether to trash or forward e-mail.
The only cases in which Microsoft has become publicly involved in such
notifications (to the best of my knowledge) have been cases in which the
hoaxes pose a direct security risk to the end-user (i.e., the recent virus
that claimed to be a security hotfix).
Microsoft is incapable of policing ignorance (they really ought to adopt
that as a slogan).
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
http://198.64.137.217/inboxer/nothing/billgate.htm#billgate
Microsoft is not responsible for it, and thus I can't see how they'd be
responsible for telling people to ignore it, as common sense alone should
dictate that response ;-)
x y, mvp
"Keith W. McCammon" <k...@km.com> wrote in message
news:utC2g879...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > will then be used for inappropriate purposes. If this is
> > not legit (and I don't expect it is) then Microsoft should
> > be warning email users not to reply to, forward or respond
> > to this email in any way. Linda
>
> No, they should not. There are many thousands of hoaxes rampant on the
> Internet, and it is up to each individual to use a little common sense, as
> well as widely-available resources (e.g., http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/),
> when deciding whether to trash or forward e-mail.
Additionally, it's impossible and impractical for Microsoft to notify
everyone. The best solution is to post the message on their web site, but
most people don't bother to go there to see if Microsoft has issued a
statement on the subject [I bet you didn't, either]. Microsoft doesn't have
any master list of all internet email addresses worldwide, because no such
list exists.. and anyways, most people would ignore the information, and it
would cause a lot of unnecessary internet traffic. They could email the
various lists they have of known customer email addresses, but again, that
would have the same problems.
Searching www.google.com for just about any question you might have is I
think a big help here. Information on this and other questions you might
have is sitting there waiting for you to access it, any time day or night.
Mark Strelecki, ACP
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Jeff Cochran
<linda...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>I received an email today asking me to forward an email
General rule 1: If you are asked to "Forward this to everyone you
know" then it's a hoax.
>email
>is charles...@csx.com or charles bai...@csx.com.
General rule 2: If the email address isn't even in the purported
sender's domain, it's a hoax or a scam.
> If this is
>not legit (and I don't expect it is) then Microsoft should
>be warning email users not to reply to, forward or respond
>to this email in any way.
General rule 3: It's up to the user to have some common sense.
Of course, if Microsoft wanted to send you an email to tell you about
this potential scam, how do they know where to contact you...?
Jeff
George Hester
All e-mail is fake. The Internet is fake. Believe what you read in e-mail it is your own fault what may be the result. Microsoft cannot convince you of that as likely I cannot either. We all want to believe in the Truthfulness of Man but as the French Philosopher said, "Everything is doubtful."
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George Hester
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