You really sent me an email about Microsoft paying to forward emails!?
We got the email again. Pass this email along and Microsoft will pay you $248 for each mail forwarded. This is REAL ( according to the email ). The only problem is that it is not real. I had seen this email before and since I had just spent the day on the Microsoft campus last Friday with the team from Trusty Computing I sent them an email and asked about this one – I went to the source! And so can you. But more on that in a second. Here is what they replied:
This is a hoax that has been around for years.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailhoaxes/a/maoltrack.htm
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp
I would go to safety.live.com and run and free safety scan of your computer, to be sure there isn’t anything on your machine. Then make sure your email filters are set appropriately.
Thank you Microsoft for clearing that one up! The folks at Trusty Computing are an amazing team and they really care about keeping us safe on our computers. For more great tips visit their site at http://www.microsoft.com/protect