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"Virus Hoax:
Give-Away Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 10
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Microsoft and AOL Merger Hoax
October 1999
Listed below is another giveaway hoax. This one has Microsoft and AOL
merged and giving away money if you send this message to everyone you
know. It even includes a testimonial.
Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:56 AM Subject: Broadcast: Microsoft
and AOL Merger
FROM: xxxx COMPANY: RE/MAX Commercial Services, Inc.
Subject: Microsoft and AOL Merger
I am forwarding this because the person who sent it to me is a good
friend and does not send me junk. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest
Internet company and in an effort 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 week
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. I thought this
was a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and
forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my e-mail and within days,
I received a check for $24800.00.
Brent Jones FCG Inc. Wayne PA 610 225 6787 bjones@fcg.com
And here is another variant from April 2002
Dear Friends, Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is
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 week 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 cheque. Regards.
Chinu! 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 within days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00. You need to
respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford 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
US$10,000.00
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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