Wow! My professor from last semester just sent me a hoax chain-mail

[sniffa]

He just went down in my eyes. I'll have him again this summer and I look forward to his classes but now I'll always now he's not aware of Snopes... or have common sense. This is a years old farce for christ's sake that I've received many years ago (several times).

I should berate him in a "reply all" to give me an in for next semester.

.................................................


Fwd: PLEEEEEASE REEAD! IT WAS ON GOODMORNINGAMERICATODAYSHOW,DO IT!!!!
THI S TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USATODAY - IT IS FOR REAL


To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,

But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn 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.



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 will

track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week

time period.
=0 A

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




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 check for $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 $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'.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Perhaps he needs an intro to Snopes

:D


http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp




All teachers are to also remain learners.
And that includes professors... :hide:

[sniffa]

3. But he's a really great professor

I'm disappointed.

I got an A in his class and I felt really proud of it (I worked for it) but now, not as much. :eyes:

[Kat45]

14. Some people are brilliant in their field but clueless about many other things

Some have incredible intelligence and absolutely no common sense. I used to work for an accomplished doctor who would always ask me if an email she received was a virus--and it always was, and it was one that most people would immediately recognize. :shrug: :hi:

[NewJeffCT]

2. wow, isn't that like one of the original chain emails - from the 90s?

and I never bought it then, either.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. OMG! That was debunked, like, during the Clinton administration.

I remember getting that bullshit in, Jesus, I'd say 1994.

[pokerfan]

12. Snopes says 1997

Either way it's old...

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I got the same one from someone I know.

He sent it to everybody in a group I belong to. Sent him the Snopes article.

I don't get it -- these things are so obviously phony, why would anybody forward them without checking them out first?

[DS1]

6. I remember which office I was in when I got tthat

it was no later than 1998

[BlueJazz]

7. Ha!..I don't need Mr. Gate's money. I have this friend in Nigeria who is going to make me Rich !!

I Can't/Won't tell you about it....So don't Ask.

[LisaL]

11. I got like 20 of those.

[csziggy]

8. she showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped 'Paid In Full'.

If the check was paid, why does she still have it?

Maybe he sent it to you as a joke?

[Flying Dream Blues]

9. OMG this is only about 10 years old. nt

[LisaL]

10. Hey do you really know that he send it?

There are viruses that send e-mails to everyone in the mailbox.

[petronius]

13. That actually sounds likely - I got that exact same message today,

and I haven't gotten one of those in years...