I just received this:
>
> !!!! It was on the news! Kathy South Alcoa - EHS Maintenance
Coordinator
>Phone: 765/771 - 3547 Pager : 765/420 - 6575
>
> To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is
>from my good 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
>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 Charles_Bailey@csx.com Charles_bailey@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
>withindays, I rece ive 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 $10,000.00. 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.
>
> TRy it; What have you got to lose????
>
>
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The truly ridiculous thing was that it was forwarded to me by a friend, who had it forwarded to him. In fact, the list of people who had received this was longer than the e-mail itself. When will people learn that e-mail like this are never true?