I got a forwarded mail from my friend. It said that if i forward this mail Microsoft will pay me $245. Scam?
467085
Yes, hoax.  There is currently no way for Microsoft to track your email.  And why would they give away money?
674041
If you are asking this because you have received an email or letter telling you you have won something, then I'm sorry but it's a scam.  Read this:\n\nhttp://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff185647.htm
669798
Its a spam or worse a scam...\nThey will be looking for your personal information(its worth it to them if they can confirm that your email address works)\nOr they will ask you to pay "fees" to collect your "winnings"\n\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
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DONT REPLY.  these are new ways of frauds. there was also one email from a general in african country which was in circulation. Even i have got the mail which u have received
525775
Sorry you would not get alot of reply special when you ask for their email. I think you are a program like to make money from this.
1186859
This email is bogus and infected. Do not open the attachment. If you did open it then go here to remove the infection.\n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/bugbusting.mspx
1106936
It's a lot of crap. I can tell at a glance. This is just the internet equivelant of the old "stuff envelopes at home and make BIG bucks!\n" You are right to be suspicious of it , esp. considering the very BIG "pay here" part. Avoid this kind of trap like the plague.
390859
It's a scam, not true, a lie to get your money...do NOT send them any money.  Why would a company send you an offer of employment via the email?
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Anytime my friends send me anything that states "forward to all in your contact list", I thoroughly question the item being reported to me.\n\nThe first thing I do is Google it.  Then I go to Snopes.com to try and validate it, and if it concerns a virus, I search the Norton website to try to confirm if it is true or not.\n\nAmazingly, after "Reply All" and providing links that prove the forwarded information is bogus, most of my friends have taken me off their private little forward lists.  \n\nI spoke to my best friend about all the b.s. she forwarded to me and asked her why an otherwise intelligent woman, would believe this crap.  She said, it's not that I believe it, it's that if it MAY be true than I want my friends to know, just in case.  She just doesn't understand that by forwarding hoax emails, she is contributing to the problem!\n\nAt least she quit sending the stuff to me.\n\nSo, in answer to your question, NO, I do not forward Virus Hoaxes.
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Please read the entire brief in the link below, it is the REAL TRUTH, not some e-mail bull crud.\n\nThey do not get everything forever, but it ain't bad!!
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YES, it is real I think. It's called SPAM which is against the law unless if receiver have requested  and agree to receive unsolicited email/newsletters or receiver may ask you to pay up to $5 per email  by federal law.
449219
No. That is a hoax. Yahoo doesn't operate through forwarded e-mails; it can send you an e-mail itself. Check out the sources below.
504425
No, it's a scam and you can't get free stuff by forwarding emails to everyone in your address book either.
1018329
Sounds like someone running a scam.  They offer you a % of a multi-million dollar amount?  Delete the e-mail, record it as spam and go on about your business.
72662
It's a scam. Report as spam. and Ignore the sender.
11664
No, don't trust it. My suggestion is delete the email, and don't visit any links on it. Probably a hoax or a virus or something.
352501
sounds like scam to me.. watch out