Some people should NOT be using the internet

konichiwa

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Look at this email I just got
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To all of my friends, I do not usually
> forward messages, but
> >>> >>this is from
> >>> >>my good friend Pearlas Sanborn 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.
> >>> >>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 arerunning 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.
> >>> >>For every person that you forward this e-mail
> to, Microsoft will
> >>> >>pay you
> >>> >>$203.15. For every person that you sent it to
> that forwards it on,
> >>> >>Microsoft
> >>> >>will pay you $156.29.
> >>> >>And for every third person that receives it,
> you will be paid
> >>> >>$17.65. Within
> >>> >>two weeks, Intel will contact you for your
> address and then send
> >>> >>you a check.
> >>> >>I thought this was a scam myself, but a friend
> of my good friend's
> >>> >>Aunt
> >>> >>Patricia, who works at Intel,actually got a
> check of $4,543.23 by
> >>> >>forwarding
> >>> >>this e-mail.
> >>> >>Try it, what have you got to lose????
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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WTF? :|
 

Sundog

Lifer
Nov 20, 2000
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HaHaHaHa. :)

I have run across so many people that know better than to belive everything on TV, or phone scams etc. But they think anything transmitted via email is GOSPEL.

Truley sad!
 

GrInNer

Senior member
Feb 28, 2001
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only on the web can such idiots be heard. I wonder how many email servers this thing clogged up?
 

CromNogger

Senior member
Jan 26, 2001
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I would really like for someone to explain to me exactly how sending text over the internet will raise money? It never made sense to me, yet so many people start and forward these stupid things. Especially the annoying URL fwds on ICQ and such ... NO ICQ IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN OR CHARGING $$!! :|