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I dont not understand the point of this.....:cuckoo:

This has to be the dumbest thing ever

Official statement from Microsoft:

REDMOND, Wash., - Recently an email has been circulating on the Internet about a new "email tracking system" from Microsoft. As you may have suspected, this is a hoax and did not originate from Microsoft.
Microsoft does try to investigate the source of these hoaxes and take appropriate action. However, many times the hoaxers take elaborate steps to shield their true identities and we cannot identify them. Privacy and security are very important to us here at Microsoft, and we work every day to build great software for the Internet that keeps information safe, secure and private.
We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you.

> >> > THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
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> >> > To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,
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> >> > But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is
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> >> > an attorney.
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> >> > If she says that this will work - It will work. After all,What have
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> >> > you got to lose?
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> >> > SORRY EVERY BODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an
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> >> > attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured
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> >> > AOL and &nbs p; Intel will follow through with their promises for
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> >> > fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the
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> >> > filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago .
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> >> > Dear Friends: Please do not take this for a junk letter.
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> >> > Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent
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> >> > later.
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> >> > Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies
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> >> > and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the
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> >> > most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail
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> >> > beta test.
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> >> > When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will
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> >> > track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks
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> >> > time period.
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> >> > For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay
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> >> > you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on,
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> >> > Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives
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> >> > it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact
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> >> > you for your address and then send you a check.
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> >> > Regards. Charles S Bailey General M anager Field Operations
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> >> > 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085
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> >> > Thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this
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> >> > e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and
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> >> > within days, I received a check for $24, 800.00. You need to respond
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> >> > before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this, Bill gates
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> >> > man.
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> >> > It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many
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> >> > people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10, 000.00
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> >> > We're not going to hel p them out with their e-mail beta test without
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> >> > getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in
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> >> > on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT
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> >> > game, she showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4, 324.44 and
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> >> > was stamped "Paid In Full".