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E-mail Hoaxes/Chain Letters
E-mails chain letters are usually an unreliable source of news. You can go to
snopes.com to verify the content of an e-mail, as well as other rumors.
>>> TO: [email protected] >>> FROM: [email protected] >>> ATTACH:
[email protected]/Track883432/~TraceActive/On.html >>> Hello Everyone, >>> And thank you
for signing up for my Beta Email Tracking >>> Application or (BETA) for short. My name is Bill Gates.
>>> Here at Microsoft we have just compiled an >>> e-mail tracing program that tracks everyone to
whom this message >>> is forwarded to. It does this through an unique IP (Internet Protocol) >>>
address log book database. We are experimenting with >>> this and need your help. Forward this to
everyone you know >>> and if it reaches 1000 people everyone on the list will >>> receive $1000 and a
copy of Windows98 at my expense. >>> Enjoy. >>> Note: Duplicate entries will not be counted. You will
be >>> notified by email with further instructions once this email >>> has reached 1000 people.
Windows98 will not be shipped >>> unitl it has been released to the generalpublic. >>> Your friend,
>>> Bill Gates & The Microsoft Development Team.
Subject: Make A Wish Foundation (fwd) A plea from a sick little girl Little Kimberly Anne is
dying of a horrible tropical disease. Her goal, before she passes into the Great Beyond, is
to collect as many free America Online disks as she can, to make the Guiness Book of
Records. Her project is being sponsored by the Wish-Upon-a-Star Foundation, which
specializes in fulfilling the final wishes of such sick little girls. So, next time you get an
unwanted AOL disk in the mail, don't throw it away! Think of the sparkle it will bring to the
eye of a dying child. Write on the package: [Address deleted to prevent this hoax from
continuing.] Please copy this message and circulate it to your friends, neighbors, and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ co-workers. Only
you can child's wish reality! God bless you from the Wish-Upon-a-Star Foundation!</h3>