[nmglug] How did the old Bill Gates/MS/AOL pay for emali hoax get on here?

[WA7BSZ]

I am a little bit amazed to see this old hoax circulating again. 
Someone should have at least put a warning on it.  Did I miss the
warning?  

No matter how many times someone says it is real, it won't make it
real.  

I have always thought that this type message has as its purpose to
harvest as many email addresses for spam as possible.  Maybe these
originators will get a lot of spam now.  Their addresses are there for
anyone that receives a forward of this email.  

Is this Joseph Thames a real person?  He sure has a "good" idea to
forward this to not only mnglug, but also:

ncal-talk at mailman.mkp.org, LGIG at yahoogroups.com,
> 	isj1 at googlegroups.com,	isj1 at antares.timesync.com,
> 	mason-users at lists.sourceforge.net,

Now this is the kind of guy that really has good access to good lists
so we can all receive more spam.  Doesn't anyone watch out for this?

This is the type thing that should be moderated before it gets on the
list.



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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Gates Nightmare? (Joseph Thames)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:42:10 -0700
> From: Joseph Thames <bear at metacalculus.net>
> Subject: [nmglug] Gates Nightmare?
> To: ncal-talk at mailman.mkp.org, LGIG at yahoogroups.com,
> 	isj1 at googlegroups.com,	isj1 at antares.timesync.com,
> 	mason-users at lists.sourceforge.net,	nmglug at nmglug.org,
> 	vnc-list at realvnc.com
> Message-ID: <42721D92.60501 at metacalculus.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
>   Why not, anything for good ole Bill.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Forward from Mary's Brother Patrick
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:08:02 -0400
> From: aniesathames at netscape.net
> To: beartham at netscape.net
> 
> 
> 
> This was on the 9:00 o'clock news the other night so I'm assuming it
> works 
> 
> THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL 
> 
> 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 weeks 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 check. 
> 
> Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations 
> 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 
> 292-1085 Charles_Bailey at csx.com Charles_bailey at 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 withindays, I receive 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. 
> 

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