[Righetti72] What Have We Got To Lose? jft

Tue Feb 22 17:49:37 PST 2005

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
<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 <http://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 <mailto: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
-------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- 
From: alan.nac at att.net 
To: d_cross at pacbell.net (David Cross), l_cross at pacbell.net (Lynn Cross),
Seabee7635 at aol.com (ed), judytoby at hotmail.com (judy toby goldberg),
Gthigg1 at aol.com (Gerard Higgins), Maddymon at aol.com (Maddy Monoscalco),
BNachman at tribune.com (BaDonna Nachman), tammy777 at covad.net (tammy siegel),
j.thielbar at att.net (joan thielbar), Joan.Thielbar at EpochSL.COM (Joan - Sun
City Thielbar), seabee7 at netins.net (Fred and Bonnie), seabee7 at netins.net
(Fred and Bonnie), d_cross at pacbell.net (David Cross), l_cross at pacbell.net
(Lynn Cross), Seabee7635 at aol.com (ed), judytoby at hotmail.com (judy toby
goldberg), Gthigg1 at aol.com (Gerard Higgins), Maddymon at aol.com (Maddy
Monoscalco), BNachman at tribune.com (BaDonna Nachman), tammy777 at covad.net
(tammy siegel), j.thielbar at att.net (joan thielbar),
Joan.Thielbar at EpochSL.COM (Joan - Sun City Thielbar) 
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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