Halo saudara Judith
Mencoba menanggapi sedikit
Sepertinya Itu hoax atau semacam email tipuan.
ini ada link buktinya :
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-beta-test-hoax.shtml
ini sebagian yang saya copy paste
Commentary:
Multiple versions of this tired old hoax have been circulating since
at least 1999. The messages claim that Intel and AOL are running an
email beta test and that Microsoft will pay you a quite substantial
sum of money each and every time you forward the email to others
during a two week time period.
These claims are, of course, totally absurd. No such "beta test" is
being conducted. Nor has one been conducted at any time in the past.
And Microsoft certainly will not give you money just for forwarding an
email.
This version of the hoax sports a series of "testimonies" supposedly
added by various recipients who claim to have actually been sent money
for forwarding the message. It also includes a bank statement
screenshot showing an account with over $40,000 credit. The
testimonies and screenshot are just rather lame attempts to add a
measure of credibility to this foolish hoax. I dare say the
testimonies were simply made up by one prankster or perhaps several
working together. Since the bank statement does not include
information about where the funds originated, it is virtually meaningless.
Moreover, the message contradicts itself. It claims that Intel and AOL
are running the beta test and yet it is Microsoft that is supposedly
footing the bill. In one paragraph, it states that Microsoft will pay
the forwarder. In the next paragraph, it claims that Intel is the
company that will send the cheque. The reason for this apparent
confusion is that the message actually combines two earlier variants,
one that targeted Microsoft and AOL and another that targeted AOL and
Intel.
All versions of this hoax can be traced back to an even earlier hoax
that began circulating way back in 1997:
Hello everybody, My name is Bill Gates. I have just written up an
e-mail tracing program that traces everyone to whom this message is
forwarded to. I am experimenting with this and I need your help.
Forward this to everyone you know and if it reaches 1000 people
everyone on the list will receive $1000 at my expense. Enjoy.
Your friend,
Bill Gates
Considering how long this "beta test" has now been running, even Bill
Gates would be bankrupt by now if he was really paying out money for
every forwarded email. It is simply ridiculous to suggest that any
sane company would even consider participating in such a haphazard and
uncontrollable exercise.
Furthermore, in spite of the claims in these messages, there is no
reliable or ethical method of tracking who sends a particular email to
whom when the message could be expected to be forwarded many thousands
of times. Accurately calculating how much money should be sent to how
many people would be impossible.
The message claims that recipients have nothing to lose by
participating ("Try it, what have you got to lose?). Well one thing
you risk losing is your credibility. Being gullible enough to fall for
this one is sure to earn you a degree of ridicule from at least a few
of those you forward it to, even if they keep their ridicule to
themselves. By sending it onward, you also help to clutter inboxes
around the world with one more piece of unwanted email nonsense.
ok.semoga infonya membantu.
Cheers
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