Does anyone know if this is a scam?

I received this from a business acquaintance. Bob



THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - 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 EVERY BODY.. 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

an d 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 weeks

time period.



For every person that you forward t his 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 a 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 p 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'.

Thanks everyone,I thought it sounded goofy!

it's a well known BS email...not so much a scam because they don't try to get your info though there have been some cases of this email being sent out with viruses attached.

Ignore it. No such thing

It is absolutely not real. This is an e-mail chain-letter hoax that has been going around for years. Microsoft does not track your email, and has no intention of giving out money like that. Don't forward the email, and tell whoever sent it to you to stop as well.

This has been around for about five years:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/mi...

Technically speaking, this is not a scam, it is your typical chain letter hoax. There is no way Microsoft can do the kind of tracking explained in this e-mail.

People really should stop forwarding junk e-mails like this, because as harmless as they may look, they always have the potential to leak your e-mail address to the spammers.

http://www.cybertopcops.com/chain-letter...
http://cybertopcops.blogspot.com/2008/02...