Is this email about the MIcrosoft email BETA test BS?

i got this email saying that microsoft is giving money to those who help them test their emailt beta test, or something like that.

here is the email:

This was forwarded to me...
>
>
> To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is
> from my good 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 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
>
>
>
> 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 affoard 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"
>
>
>
> Like i said before, I know the law, and this is for real.
>
>
>
> Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the
largest
> Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most
> widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
>
>
>
> When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it(
> if you are a Microsoft Windows user)for a two week time period.
>
>
>
> TRy it; What have you got to lose????

so what do you think???

BS or NOT?

Yep, it is bull#. All email chains are. You won't ever actually get something for fowarding email chains-crap, except maybe ennemies.

BTW, there's a computer forum.

so wtf? why the hell do people start these damn things? its not like they can get anything for doin it.

Originally posted by chrisnolefan
so wtf? why the hell do people start these damn things? its not like they can get anything for doin it.

I call them email cloggers.
The theroy is, if you can produce a good enough story, and get enough people forwarding the damn thing, then your email server and others will eventually slow down. But it takes a really good story to get that many people moving it along .
It's mostly a pain in the neck.