Bill's Giving Away Money

Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Got this chain email from an idiot. It's just too good not to post here.





> > > 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

> > > (Edited out email address since I don't know what the point of this

> > > scam or hoax is)

> > >

> > >

> > > 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????





Comments

  • Reply 1 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    What baffles me is why people even start this trash to begin with.







    I mean, it would make sense to start a chain letter if it had a virus or some other atachment or even a link to someone's website, but to send spam simply for the sake of sending spam?



    I just don't get these people's reasoning. \
  • Reply 2 of 13
    murkmurk Posts: 935member
    That baffles me also. This came from a very distant cousin's wife who somehow got my address. She's also sent a few Christian Right propaganda emails lately. At first I thought it was funny, but I'm getting tired of it. I'm bouncing this and future emails back to her.
  • Reply 3 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by murk

    She's also sent a few Christian Right propaganda emails lately.



    Just wanted to repost that.



    Perhaps this coupled with an idiot tracking system
  • Reply 4 of 13
    murkmurk Posts: 935member
    Oops! While editing, I took out an actual link that was contained. At the bottom it has:



    Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download :

    Then it contains an actual link to the MSN 8 site.



    Oh MY God! Could It Be REAL? How much will I get for posting it here? Maybe it's a covert viral marketing plan put it place by Bill himself. Of course, there will be no real pay outs, but it will be spread around the planet by a chain of idiots and be untraceable back to him. It's brilliant! Sounds more like Ballmer's style, though.
  • Reply 5 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by murk

    Sounds more like Ballmer's style, though.



    Gorilla marketing?
  • Reply 6 of 13
    709709 Posts: 2,016member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders the White

    Gorilla marketing?



    Good one.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    never let them see you sweat,



    or if you do, jump around like an idiot, repeating "Developers"





    --

    as for the "Merger between Intel and AOL to keep AOL number one"

    then for the bottom link to be MSN 8 is a bit ironic, no?
  • Reply 8 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by murk

    Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download :

    Then it contains an actual link to the MSN 8 site.




    Actually, this is just a sandard MSN/Hotmail signature. It's just likely that one of the goofs that forwarded was using a Hotmail account.
  • Reply 9 of 13
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    I got this years ago. Like, 1998.
  • Reply 10 of 13
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    This is almost 8 years old now, no?
  • Reply 11 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by serrano

    This is almost 8 years old now, no?



    Just like the kid that started it.
  • Reply 12 of 13
    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    Bill never *gives* money away.



    What he *gives away* is in the end part of his revenue generating advertising program (ie. a real world banner advert) or a tax break.
  • Reply 13 of 13
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    This has been doing the rounds for a couple of years now....yawn......
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