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From: "LDawson" <>
Subject: Re: [GM-L] [Fwd: Fwd: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY]
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:26:56 -0500


Yep this is a hoax.

If you check out:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/blmsaol.h
tm

you can find all versions of this letter and get some history of it.

Also if you go to
http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/gi/dynamic/offsit
e.htm?site=http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/hoax/05-13hoax.htm
you will see Microsoft's offical responce.

Please forward this back up the chain and let everyone know that if they are
waiting on a check they will be spending alot of time next to the mailbox :)

Stephen

----- Original Message -----
From: "LDawson" <>
To: "Lee Smith" <>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 7:42 AM
Subject: Fw: [GM-L] [Fwd: Fwd: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY]


> Ask Dee and Stephen about this???
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Bligh <>
> To: <>
> Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 12:33 AM
> Subject: [GM-L] [Fwd: Fwd: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY]
>
>
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >--------------BAD41463A66D403C0F381EFC
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> >
> >
> >--------------BAD41463A66D403C0F381EFC
> >Content-Type: message/rfc822
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >Content-Disposition: inline
> >
> >Received: from web1304.mail.yahoo.com (web1304.mail.yahoo.com
> [128.11.23.154])
> > by eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA06420
> > for <>; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:12:12 -0700 (PDT)
> >Message-ID: <>
> >Received: from [207.227.233.91] by web1304.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 14 Oct
1999
> 19:23:59 PDT
> >Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:23:59 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Misty Poole <>
> >Subject: Fwd: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY
> >To:
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >
> >
> >--- wrote:
> >> From:
> >> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:27:01 EDT
> >> Subject: Fwd: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY
> >> To: ,
> >> , ,
> >> , ,
> >> ,
> >> , ,
> >> ,
> >> , ,
> >> ,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> >> From: "Fred & Marva Watson" <>
> >> To: "ALBERT BALDWIN" <>
> >> Subject: CHECK THIS OUT AND RESPOND QUICKLY
> >> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:48:41 -0400
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > I am forwarding this because the person who sent
> >> it to me is a very
> >> > > > professional business person and a good friend
> >> and does not send me
> >> > > > junk.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet
> >> company and in an
> >> > effort
> >> > > > make sure that Internet explorer remains the
> >> most widely used
> >> program,
> >> > > > Microsoft and AOLare 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 check. I thought
> >> this was a scam
> >> myself,
> >> > > > but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and
> >> forwarding it on,
> >> > > > Microsoft contacted me for my e-mail and
> >> within days, I received a
> >> > check
> >> > > > 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.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Do Well!!!
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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