some moron just sent this to about 10,000 employees

[Yossarian]

I can't believe anyone is still this stupid. I just got this email, which was also sent to all our internal company mail groups around the world. Way to make a fool of yourself!!

edit--OMG and here come the "reply alls" saying it's a hoax. You have my sympathy, IT guys/email admins.

THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL


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

&nbs p; 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 wi ll

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@csx.com

Charles_bailey@csx.com



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, &! gt; 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.

 

[loup garou]

Wow...somebody's new to the internet.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Text

 

[Billzie7718]

Anyone have a copy that they can forward me ... I want to get in on this.

 

[Queasy]

LMAO. Sounds like the guy that forwarded this email would be the perfect candidate for one of those "Want to get away?" commercials.

 

[Al Neri]

this calls for....

<Donald Trump>Yah Fyad</Donald Trump>

 

[OutHouse]

why the f*ck would a user have global access to email groups like that?

 

[ThePresence]

I got about 20 of these emails from dumb people.

 

[Billzie7718]

Originally posted by: Citrix
why the f*ck would a user have global access to email groups like that?

No kidding. Especially with a company that big.

 

[mitmot]

why does it seem like this always happens to people in your company?

 

[TGS]

The reply to all virus is the worst thing for an email system...

 

[Armitage]

We'll see who's laughing when he gets his check for $2.5 million!

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Armitage
We'll see who's laughing when he gets his check for $2.5 million!

lol that would be awesome

 

[mugs]

What a tool

 

[HardcoreRobot]

THIS IS WHY THE GENERAL POPULACE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OWN COMPUTERS

 

[nakedfrog]

Wow, I haven't seen this one for years.

 

[FoBoT]

i need the email, i need some money

 

[BriGy86]

do people get fired for stuff like this?

 

[SMOGZINN]

I got it too. I found it really funny that it was sent inner office though lotus notes.

 

[Nevada]

the best is when people send a reply to all message back to the person. ugh.

 

[Alkesh]

what a moron

 

[Alkesh]

also a lot of companies give users access to the whole network. I used to have the CEO's e-mail in my outlook directory.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
do people get fired for stuff like this?

It can depend on the rules set up by IT. This could easily be considered abuse of the corporate email system.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Alkesh
also a lot of companies give users access to the whole network. I used to have the CEO's e-mail in my outlook directory.

Yeah, no kidding. God forbid you have to email someone in another dept or city. Gasp!

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: Queasy
LMAO. Sounds like the guy that forwarded this email would be the perfect candidate for one of those "Want to get away?" commercials.

There was a SWA commercial just like that. The user clicked on an email that spread a virus throughout the company. It was quite funny.