Here's a hint. Don't ever forward an e-mail that tells you that you should. 99.9% of the time it's garbage, and when you forward it you just slow everything down for the rest of us.
Some viruses are created simply to send copies of themselves to everyone in your contacts. Your Microsoft e-mail and most others that you forward - warnings, free stuff, cutesy, stupid little animated poems - do exactly the same thing, only you do it voluntarily.
If something looks like it might be legitimate, check it out first. Try Snopes, try Scambusters, try your virus protection software's website, or just Google the subject or title. Check before you send it on.
And if you absolutely must forward something to everyone on your list, PLEASE, use the BCC field instead of the TO field. This way you don't give everyone's e-mail addresses to everyone else you forwarded to.
Bill Gates What about the Microsoft internet money paying for forwarding the message on the email?
Check out Snopes.com. It's an urban myth. Sadly. I think I've forwarded like 50 million times myself.
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Reply:You should visit snopes.com and look around
Reply:You actually believe that!?
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