Is this a scam?

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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:18 pm

I can't imagine that Sony or Microsoft would send anyone $50 per email forwarded.
Is this just a scammer trying to get some new email addresses?

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Dear Friends,

Sony electronics is the world leading Electronics Company and in an effort to make sure that their products still remain the most widely used ; in conjunction with Microsoft is running an e-mail research test/advert net working.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft will track it for four days (if you are a Microsoft Windows user).At the end of every three days, you are required to send the initial sets of emails you forwarded this message along with your contact information to;

[email protected]

For very person that you forward this e-mail to, Sony Electronics will pay you $50.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Sony Electronics will pay you $49.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $48.00. Within two weeks, Sony Electronics will send you a cheque that covers 80% of the money you have worked for while the remaining 20% will be used to obtain shares for you in Sony Electronics companies

Note: this offer last till 31st December 2008

If you are not interested, please ignore this message.

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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:31 pm

Yep, collecting victims info and see if you are $%#@ Laughing

from [email protected], why would they use yahoo? Sony has its own servers.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

Note the very... and Sony and Microsoft coming together would generate months of hype before someone actually has the balls to sign on the dotted line.

And yes, Sony and Microsoft have their own servers, Microsoft ran MSN Chat for like eight years as a free service before some tightwads thought free chat was bad, anyway, I digress.

It's a scam, and its a scam for something known as e-mail mining. These email addresses are then sold to other scamsters, like those selling you homebrew viagra and of course, our very classic --- 419 scammers!