Bill Gates' mail
By lorelai
@lorelai (1558)
Italy
January 11, 2008 6:58am CST
I have a question. I got this mail FWD kind of thing and there it said that microsoft was promoting something and that they'd send me 245 dollars for everyone I send that mail to because they can keep track of mails. It sounds too good to be true so I don't believe it. I am sure a lot of people got the same mail so I wonder if you actually got the money too? I mean, if I send this mail to 20 people and those 20 people send it to 5 people each and those 100 people send it to 5 people each I'd be getting 250 for 500 people and that 125 000$ just for me. I know that Bill Gates is rich but I doubt he gives that much money away for nothing.
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14 responses
@makemoneywithadsense (431)
• Cambodia
11 Jan 08
It's obviously a spam I wouldn't even ask myself the question :)
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@christies2boys (560)
• United States
11 Jan 08
It sounds like a scam for sure. This has been around for a while.Just deleted so you wont get in trouble for spam.
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@a_manick (879)
• India
11 Jan 08
I think I received the same e-mail twice or thrice. Its certainly non-sense and I wonder why people keep on forwarding such mails. You should just discard and break the chain.
This is similar to those mails which threatens you to send copies to 20 people. Thanks.
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@megaplaza (1441)
• Nigeria
11 Jan 08
thats absolute scam, stop sending the mail cos indirectly u are promoting scam.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
11 Jan 08
Its garbage...
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp
Its been around so many times I'm surprised everyone hasn't heard... they say it was on the news, or Good Morning America, or Oprah... its all the same hoax. Lets kill it!
@tazpromote (965)
• United States
11 Jan 08
This all scam. Never believe anyone about giving money without any work say by lottery or free. Cheaters are sending these mails and once upon a time will know your bank account or credit card etc. details so will take money from you. You can think that to earn $ 10 from here you need to work a lot so why other people or organization will give money without a job or work ??
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@coolimrose (539)
• New Zealand
11 Jan 08
hi dear,
i too had read this mail and even forwarded it.Oh!! what a fool they made out of me.Now after reading your post and people replies i know that it is a absolute scam.I better inform all my pals 4 i am its still in distribution and its going to create problem in future.Thanks 4 the post pal.
@mirror653 (12)
• China
12 Jan 08
the news sounds good but it is a hoax.the purpose is spread his produce and let many people to buy it .i receive the news like it many times but i doubt and didn't pay attention to,because it would waste my time and i maybe get nothing.
@goodbody33 (170)
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11 Jan 08
I recieved the exact same thing about a year ago and followed what it said in the e-mail, well i'm still waiting for the cheque.... Silly me for being so trusting lol
@maggiemoon (487)
• China
12 Jan 08
First,check the email address and then you'll judge it correctly.
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
12 Jan 08
This has been going around for a couple of years- it isn't true
@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
17 Jan 08
you are a victim of a chain letter!
why should a smart one like bill gates would give away money to someone he doesnt even know,everybody knows how greedy he is,and there is no way will he make such a move to give money and cannot get more in return.that kind of letter has in circulation for over a year now and its funny that it still lives til this day.if i were you i wouold stop it right at the moment you are just wasting time in sending it to everybody where you cant even get anything in return.
@SixPaulEleven (552)
• United States
11 Jan 08
It is too good to be true. There is no way to track how man times an email is forwarded.
There are varying versions of this this. One is that the American Cancer Society will send a little girl with bone marrow a dime every time an email with her story is forwarded. I've gotten that story so many times, that little girl should be a billionare by now.
There are also the emails about Gates sending out free laptops for every email sent out by X date.
They are all fake.
Check out www.snopes.com for some good email and computer myths. A lot of the email scams are in there.
@dont_pick_your_nose (2279)
• Australia
19 Jan 08
Yeah it screams scam! i dont know why they want you to flood peoples boxes for them it might be a virus dont send it to anyone just delete it or record it as spam.
