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Microsoft Email Beta Test Hoax Continues – Hoax-Slayer

April 6, 20190

This story was first published on April 17th, 2007

Outline

Revamped version of the Microsoft email beta test hoax includes “testimonies” and a bank account screenshot of supposed money received. The message claims that Microsoft will send money to anybody who forwards it to others.  




Brief Analysis

These messages are ongoing versions of a long-running Internet hoax. The claims in the messages are utter nonsense. Microsoft will certainly not pay you just for forwarding on an email. Forwarding on such messages will do nothing other than clutter inboxes with useless garbage and make the sender seem foolish and naive.

Examples

Subject: Fwd: Fw: Please do it – Microsoft Paying u – Not Fake

READ IT, IT WAS ON CARTE BLANCH

YES! YES! YES!!! I have hit the jackpot! Billy Oh Billy You are my HERO!!! You are so very clever… I opened my bank account as soon as I have sent this email and what do you know!!!! R1.6 Billion Rand …. Oh Bill thank you for sharing your billions with me… How did you even know my bank account…? Not only are you generous you are also clairvoyant. It really works! Just believe and voila.

Guys It’s working

I have got $10000 .
Deepak ———————————————————————————————————————

I got 450 $ credited in my HDFC account today only. Yahooooooooooooooooooo!!! hurreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Regards,
Apurv

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Hai this is not joke i got 4672$ credited in my ICICI account last week

Frnds I got $2163 today only..
So I am forwading to u frnds
Don’t miss this chance
Regards,
Sathish This is really amazing I also got 5000 dollars via DD from HDFC, thot it was fake but it really worked……….the amount has been created to my account, what did you get. Thanks for forwarding this mail

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Hey guys !!!
this is cool
really really cooollllll
I forwarded this mail to three chaps just half an hour back and i just forgot about it.. then i saw my salary slip, checked my account in the net. i was wonder stuck to see $30000/- added to my account !! transferred from ms office thru western money transfer !!! its amazing guys !!! Go for it. Act fast. at least before this stupid bill gates gets bankrupt……….. and in case this is true, there is not much time left…… so congratulations in advance….. for becoming a millionair so easily… like me…….