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Subject: Microsoft and AOL merger.
I am forwarding this because the person who sent it to
me is a good friend and does not send me junk.
Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet company
and in an effort 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 check. I thought this was a scam
myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail
and forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my
e-mail and within days, I received a check for
$24800.00.
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