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"Virus Hoax:
Give-Away Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 12
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Intel and AOL Merger Hoax
December 1999
This hoax has Intel and AOL merged and giving away money. It is
supposedly written by an attorney who "knows the law." Of sourse, he
does not give you his name so you can check him out. However, it does
give the e-mail address of his "brother's girlfriend" who is eager to
answer your questions. I suspect that jpiltman has had all the e-mail
she can stand.
Subject: Real Money
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 an multimillion dollar class action suit similar to the one
filed by Pepsico against General Electric not too long ago. I'll be
damned if we're all 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. If you don't
believe me you can e-mail her at jpiltman@baylor.edu. She's eager to
answer any questions you guys might have.
This is not a joke. I am forwarding this because the person who sent it
to me is a good friend and does not send me junk. 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. 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 for $4,543.23 by forwarding this e-mail.
Try it, what have you got to lose????
What have you got to lose indeed; just the respect of anyone you forward
this to.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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