THINK - Would Bill Gates be where he is today by giving 10k to anyone who forwards an email to someone else. And how would he be paying you this alleged 10k without your bank details. I didn't think so. Next time people, use the delete button on your email program, and save your isp some bandwidth.
The Email.....
>> > hopefully we will all gain from BILL GATES>> >
>> > >
>> > Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk
>>letter.
>> >Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, you will
>>regret
>> >it later. Microsoft and AOL are the worlds two largest Internet
>> >companies and are now discussing a merger which would make them
>>the
>> >largest Internet company. 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.
>> >
>> > 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? 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.
>> >
>> > 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 received a cheque for $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
>>
>> >$10,000.00.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We're not going to help them out with their
>> >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" .
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field
>> > Operations
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