sniffa
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Tue Jan-20-09 09:38 PM
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Wow! My professor from last semester just sent me a hoax chain-mail |
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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.
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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'.
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:02 PM
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1. Perhaps he needs an intro to Snopes |
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:D http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.aspAll teachers are to also remain learners. And that includes professors... :hide:
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:05 PM
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3. But he's a really great professor |
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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:
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Wed Jan-21-09 01:37 AM
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14. Some people are brilliant in their field but clueless about many other things |
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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:
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:05 PM
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2. wow, isn't that like one of the original chain emails - from the 90s? |
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and I never bought it then, either.
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:06 PM
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4. OMG! That was debunked, like, during the Clinton administration. |
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I remember getting that bullshit in, Jesus, I'd say 1994.
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Wed Jan-21-09 12:12 AM
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:08 PM
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5. I got the same one from someone I know. |
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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?
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:17 PM
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6. I remember which office I was in when I got tthat |
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it was no later than 1998
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Tue Jan-20-09 10:59 PM
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7. Ha!..I don't need Mr. Gate's money. I have this friend in Nigeria who is going to make me Rich !! |
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I Can't/Won't tell you about it....So don't Ask.
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Wed Jan-21-09 12:06 AM
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11. I got like 20 of those. |
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Tue Jan-20-09 11:01 PM
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8. she showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped 'Paid In Full'. |
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If the check was paid, why does she still have it?
Maybe he sent it to you as a joke?
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Tue Jan-20-09 11:58 PM
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9. OMG this is only about 10 years old. nt |
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Wed Jan-21-09 12:05 AM
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10. Hey do you really know that he send it? |
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There are viruses that send e-mails to everyone in the mailbox.
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Wed Jan-21-09 12:29 AM
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13. That actually sounds likely - I got that exact same message today, |
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and I haven't gotten one of those in years...
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