aol / microsoft scam making the rounds again

Hard to believe, but the old AOL / Microshaft email scam is once again making the rounds. You know the one - asking you to forward an email to everyone you know and you'll receive $200 for each person you send it to.

You would think that by now, people would know that they can do a quick Google and find out what is bogus and what is true. Instead, people get dollar signs in their eyes, lose track of all common sense, and forward these chain emails to everyone they know, possible sending out viruses and trojans along with it. At the least, they are spreading email addresses around that can be collected by spammy harvesters.

Wake up, people! Quit forwarding anonymous emails to your friends. Anything that sounds too good to be true probably is. Bill Gates doesn't need to give out money to people to get them to keep using his browser - there are enough novice users on the 'net that don't know any better.