FW: RE: [Righetti72] Thanks for Follow-Up on This... jft
J.Thielbar at att.net
J.Thielbar at att.net
Tue Feb 22 17:56:29 PST 2005
I figured it had to be a hoax, but I guess the only payback for the hoaxter (huh?) is to see how far and wide something like this can spread. I just had to throw it out there to see what it was all about. Thanks for your word of enlightenment!
Signed,
Should Know Better, But What The Heck
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Subject: RE: [Righetti72] What Have We Got To Lose? jft
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:49:29 +0000
All:
Not to discredit this effort, but this particular hoax has been around the internet for something like 7 or 8 years now. If you go to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp#billgate you can read more detail on this type of email 'give away'.
To paraphrase from www.snopes.com:
"No, you're not going to be receiving money, merchandise, or free trips from Bill Gates (or anyone else), no matter how many people you forward this message to. Tracing all recipients of an e-mail message is not yet technically possible, and even if it were, Bill Gates certainly wouldn't be testing software that performed such tracking by blindly sending messages out to the Internet with a promise of financial reward to the recipients.
First and foremost, e-mail tracking programs do not exist. That folks continue to fall for myriad varieties of these leg-pulls is in part attributable to netizens having caught so many references to these non-existent programs that the new hoax is able to continue building on an already partially-constructed platform of belief.
(As with every other technological issue, the statement "e-mail tracking programs do not exist" becomes less and less true every day. It is possible in some cases to determine who has read a particular mail message, but there is no method of doing so that will work with all the myriad of e-mail programs out there or keep track of who forwarded the message to whom.)
Once again, e-mail tracing programs do not exist. Any "get something free" come-on or "help a sick kid" appeal which specifies an invisible program is keeping track of who received an e-mail and who it was then sent to is a hoax."
Sorry.......
Ed Echerd
ede at enservices.net
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Subject: [Righetti72] What Have We Got To Lose? jft
Hi-
I'm not really into "chain-letters", but I thought I'd give this a chance just in case there is something to it. Even if you only forward it on to one other person, please humor me so I can see what it's all about, OK?
Bye for now,
Joan
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Subject: Important possible money making venture
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:12:00 +0000
>
> >>>>> THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR
> >>>>> REAL
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> !!!! 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 at csx.com<mailto:Charles_Bailey at csx.com>
> >>>>> Charles_bailey at csx.com<mailto:Charles_bailey at 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 receive 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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