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The_Dude · 08-09-2003, 10:40 AM

i have received about 5 of these emails and they contain about 1000 forwarded emails using cc.

i just thought it was hilarious on how people could fall for something like this!

btw, it was 2 screens full so i had to merge the 2 screenshots.

Silvy · 08-09-2003, 11:02 AM

Hey cool!

Oh wait: 2 screenshots? Damn I wanted a double-slider-scrollbar!

More on-topic: my dumb friends choose to ignore me 'cause I haven't had such a mail in months! Yeah!

nostalgic1 · 08-09-2003, 11:22 AM

surprisingly enough.. i probably know people dumb enough to believe that...

floonine · 08-09-2003, 11:42 AM

Hey, will you send that email to me? I need to make sure that my account doesn't die. Send it to floonine@peopleRstupid.net

RelaX · 08-09-2003, 11:59 AM

lol... I once forwarded a similar mail only about a virus (if you know it it's the hoax about the bear thingee) to everyone on my list with the explanation of what a hoax is and if they bothered me again with something like that I'd send them one of MY viruses so they'd really have something to worry about.

Never got one again... coincidentally a lot of my emails now bounce... strange...

Man I was pissed that day, prob because I'd gotten mails like that all week from just about everybody.

philzilla · 08-09-2003, 12:50 PM

probably all pc users

dj_simo · 08-09-2003, 01:05 PM

haha - and mac users - i know a lot of people who would send that - hell - my entire school would send that - damn hicks

I probably would have sent that - when i was just starting to use a computer - now - no
-SImo

Memphis · 08-09-2003, 01:15 PM

But you see, without dumb people, computer techies would be out of a job, fixing the computers for all the people who believed the email from the president telling them to delete their C drive as a matter of national security! (Okay, so I made that one up, but I KNOW people would do it!).

Long live the dumbass!

bermuDa · 08-09-2003, 07:09 PM

what am i going to do when i get that in my comcast mailbox??? Will I still lose my emale?!

cliv · 08-10-2003, 08:20 AM

To me, that emails screams "HOAX!"

I know educated (up to PhD, who are programmers !) people who would send that email along without a second thought. I know because I've received so many.

Tandem · 08-10-2003, 08:38 AM

Sigh - just another case of time wasting spam.

GlassHouse420 · 08-10-2003, 09:41 AM

wow people are retarded...

Jesus Pimp · 08-10-2003, 10:06 AM

People will believe anything that's written or typed.

Marius1 · 08-10-2003, 10:19 AM

I have female relatives who have my email address. They often forward these hoaxes. I forward then in return links to Snopes. One day they'll learn to check snopes before forwarding these damn things. I live in hope.

t3m3st · 08-10-2003, 07:50 PM

I dont understand the point of starting one of these emails. And yeah, I get them all the time. Only one I ever sent around was the one based on "The Ring", cuz I wanted most of those people I sent it to to die... nyah

merker · 08-11-2003, 07:20 AM

I used to get that email at least once a month...but then I told everyone I know don't forward that type of bullshit anymore and I told them the proof that its false.....

Ashton · 08-11-2003, 12:04 PM

Hotmail sucks so bad most people would jump up and click their heels thinking their POS spamoramma hotmail account was going to be deleated

^dude · 08-11-2003, 12:30 PM

That kind of email is so old now everyone knows they're fake. Although i bet they actually catch a few people out now and again.

catback · 08-11-2003, 01:50 PM

Hey I need that e-mail so I don't get da boot...j/k

fuzzix · 08-11-2003, 04:56 PM

lol, think of all the teenyboppers scrambling to forward that email. Oh it's a sad world indeed ;p

The Rogue · 08-12-2003, 02:53 PM

Sometimes I think people are FWD addicts, everything they recieve they just hit forward and add everyone from the address book...sad...

Mr.Deflok · 08-12-2003, 06:25 PM

You mean... it's not true? LOL

I used to get shitloads of these back in 1999.

The_Dude · 08-26-2003, 09:19 AM

Quote:

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.

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.
Charles S. Bailey
General Manager Field Operations
1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-245-1085 or RNX 292-1085
Charles_Bailey@csx.com

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.

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 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 of $4,54323 by forwarding this e-mail.

Try it; what have you got to lose????

another one i received today.

tux · 08-26-2003, 09:56 AM

lol just another testament of how the internet makes you stupid

08-09-2003, 10:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	People are idiots i have received about 5 of these emails and they contain about 1000 forwarded emails using cc. i just thought it was hilarious on how people could fall for something like this! btw, it was 2 screens full so i had to merge the 2 screenshots. __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

08-09-2003, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	Hey cool! Oh wait: 2 screenshots? Damn I wanted a double-slider-scrollbar! More on-topic: my dumb friends choose to ignore me 'cause I haven't had such a mail in months! Yeah! __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

08-09-2003, 11:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
nostalgic1 Insane Location: Location: Location: Location:	surprisingly enough.. i probably know people dumb enough to believe that... __________________ I dare you to forget the marks you left across my neck from those nights when we were both found at our best. Now I could make this obvious, and you..you could deny me all in one breath. You could shrug me off your shoulders. Just forget me.. it's that simple.

08-09-2003, 11:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	Hey, will you send that email to me? I need to make sure that my account doesn't die. Send it to floonine@peopleRstupid.net __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.

08-09-2003, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
RelaX Follower of Ner'Zhul Location: Netherlands	lol... I once forwarded a similar mail only about a virus (if you know it it's the hoax about the bear thingee) to everyone on my list with the explanation of what a hoax is and if they bothered me again with something like that I'd send them one of MY viruses so they'd really have something to worry about. Never got one again... coincidentally a lot of my emails now bounce... strange... Man I was pissed that day, prob because I'd gotten mails like that all week from just about everybody. __________________ The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. - Nathaniel Borenstein

08-09-2003, 12:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
philzilla Crazy Location: Liverpool, UK	probably all pc users

08-09-2003, 01:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
dj_simo Crazy Location: The Woods	haha - and mac users - i know a lot of people who would send that - hell - my entire school would send that - damn hicks I probably would have sent that - when i was just starting to use a computer - now - no -SImo __________________ .:GOT SIMO:.

08-09-2003, 01:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
Memphis Tilted Location: The bit at the top of England most people forget is called Scotland.	But you see, without dumb people, computer techies would be out of a job, fixing the computers for all the people who believed the email from the president telling them to delete their C drive as a matter of national security! (Okay, so I made that one up, but I KNOW people would do it!). Long live the dumbass!

08-09-2003, 07:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	what am i going to do when i get that in my comcast mailbox??? Will I still lose my emale?! __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

08-10-2003, 08:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
cliv Insane Location: New Jersey, USA	To me, that emails screams "HOAX!" I know educated (up to PhD, who are programmers !) people who would send that email along without a second thought. I know because I've received so many.

08-10-2003, 08:38 AM	#11 (permalink)
Tandem Insane Location: Brisbane, Australia	Sigh - just another case of time wasting spam. __________________ It is not a mistake, but an experience. But, if you've experienced it before then you should already know if it is a mistake.

08-10-2003, 09:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
GlassHouse420 Hysterical And Useless Location: In a cage, on antibiotics	wow people are retarded... __________________ notlivingjustkillingtime

08-10-2003, 10:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jesus Pimp The Original JizzSmacka	People will believe anything that's written or typed. __________________ Never date anyone who doesn't make your dick hard.

08-10-2003, 10:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Marius1 Loser Location: Wales	I have female relatives who have my email address. They often forward these hoaxes. I forward then in return links to Snopes. One day they'll learn to check snopes before forwarding these damn things. I live in hope.

08-10-2003, 07:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
t3m3st Vroom! Location: Toronto	I dont understand the point of starting one of these emails. And yeah, I get them all the time. Only one I ever sent around was the one based on "The Ring", cuz I wanted most of those people I sent it to to die... nyah __________________ I do it for the rare drops

08-11-2003, 07:20 AM	#16 (permalink)
merker Upright Location: Wisconsin	I used to get that email at least once a month...but then I told everyone I know don't forward that type of bullshit anymore and I told them the proof that its false.....

08-11-2003, 12:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	Hotmail sucks so bad most people would jump up and click their heels thinking their POS spamoramma hotmail account was going to be deleated

08-11-2003, 12:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
^dude Insane	That kind of email is so old now everyone knows they're fake. Although i bet they actually catch a few people out now and again.

08-11-2003, 01:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
catback Psycho Location: North America	Hey I need that e-mail so I don't get da boot...j/k

08-11-2003, 04:56 PM	#20 (permalink)
fuzzix Psycho Location: Australia	lol, think of all the teenyboppers scrambling to forward that email. Oh it's a sad world indeed ;p __________________ I'm most definately not 'lovin' it'.

08-12-2003, 02:53 PM	#21 (permalink)
The Rogue Tilted	Sometimes I think people are FWD addicts, everything they recieve they just hit forward and add everyone from the address book...sad...

08-12-2003, 06:25 PM	#22 (permalink)
Mr.Deflok Blood + Fire Location: New Zealand	You mean... it's not true? LOL I used to get shitloads of these back in 1999.

08-26-2003, 09:56 AM	#24 (permalink)
tux Upright Location: Columbus Ga	lol just another testament of how the internet makes you stupid __________________ "Im a mushroom cloud laying motherfucker, motherfucker"