Friends-- apparently this old HOAX, a version of it seen in 1997, is going
around the net again. PLEASE if you receive this message (excerpted below)
DO NOT PASS IT ON!
You should ALWAYS check this and other "urban legends", scams. fake virus
alerts, and hoaxes at one of a number of websites--here are a few to check
out such trash when you get it:
* http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
http://caloriecontrol.org/opinasp.html
http://www.nutrasweet.com/html/lib_rumors.html
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
* http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blasp.htm
http://korova.com/virus/hoax981220.htm
http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html
The two with an * in front both have this HOAX easily available.
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Here's the start of the HOAX message a friend innocently sent to me yesterday:
>> >Netscape and AOL have recently merged to form the largest
>> internet
>> >company in the world. In an effort to remain at pace with this
>> giant,
>> >Microsoft has introduced a new email tracking system as a way
>> to keep
>> >Internet Explorer as the most popular browser on the market.
>> This email
>> >is a beta test of the new software and Microsoft has generously
>> offered
>> >to compensate those who participate in the testing process.
>> For each
>> >person you send this email to, you will be given $5. For every
>> person
>> >they give it to, you will be given an additional $3. For every
>> person
>> >they send it to you will receive $1. Microsoft will tally all
>> the
>> >emails produced under your name over a two week period and then
>> email
>> >you with more instructions. This beta test is only for
>> Microsoft Windows
>> >users because the email
>> >tracking device that contacts Microsoft is embedded into the
>> code of Windows
>> >95
>> >and 98.
>
>> >
>> >I know you guys hate forwards. But I started this a
>> >month ago because I was very short on cash. A week ago I got
>> an email
>> >from Microsoft asking me for my address. I gave it to them and
>>
>> >yesterday I got a check in the mail for $800. It really
>> works. I wanted
>> >you to get a piece of the action. You won't regret it.BE
>>WARNED--NONE OF THIS IS TRUE---DON'T FALL FOR IT AND WASTE EVERYONE'S
>>TIME AND BANDWIDTH!
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
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