Disney's 'Email Tracking' Giveaway
From miningco.com as heard on The Phil Valentine Show

(Thanks to: Michele Coombe, Tomi Emmerick, Todd Greco, Jimmy Hall, Kerry
Hargraves, Michael Hochman, Sharon McKenna, Jeanie Quesenberry, George .
Scheetz, Vegas666, and many others)
Posted: 08/24/98

It's back! The email tracking myth has returned, this time in a chain letter
purporting to originate from "Walt Disney Jr. & Management at Disney
World."

According to the message, the first 13,000 people to forward it to everyone
they know will win cash prizes or free trips to Disney World.

Not that I want to spoil anyone's dreams of riches, but Walt Disney never
had a son named Walt. As a matter of fact, he never had a son. I suppose he
could have named one of his daughters after himself, but that seems ...
doubtful, not to mention cruel.

Microsoft has not invented an email tracking program, nor, in the real world,
would Disney give away millions of dollars to help Bill Gates test a new piece
of software.

The text of the message consists of little more than a lazy reworking of the
infamous Bill Gates $1,000 giveaway chain letter that's been pinging around
the Internet since last November.

Need I say it? What you're about to read is a hoax. The Walt Disney
Company denies having anything to do with it. Welcome to Fantasy Land...

FW: Let's do Disney!

Disney message & $5,000.00

If you read below you will see the note from
Walt Disney Jr. & Management at Disney World.
Basically if this messages reaches 13,000
people, everyone will receive $5,000.00 or a
free, all expenses paid, trip to Disney World
in anytime during the summer of 1999.

See the note below - its worth it!!!!

Everyone is to resend to 15 individuals. Please
read and forward to as many friends as
possible...we've checked up on this and this is
no joke of a chain letter or something if this
reaches 13,000 people...duplicate entries don't
count, though...So, please help & pass on...
thank you, and here you go!!!

WALT DISNEY JR.
GREETING
Hello Disney fans,
And thank you for signing up for Bill Gates'
Beta Email Tracking
My name is Walt Disney Jr.
Here at Disney we are working with Microsoft
which has just compiled an e-mail tracing
program that tracks everyone to whom this
message is forwarded to. It does this through
an unique IP (Internet Protocol) address log
book database. We are experimenting with this
and need your help. Forward this to everyone
you know and if it reaches 13,000 people, 1,300
of the people on the list will receive $5,000,
and the rest will receive a free trip for two
to Disney World for one week during the summer
of 1999 at our expense.
Enjoy.

Note: Duplicate entries will not be counted.
You will be notified by email with further
instructions once this email has reached 13,000
people.

Your friends,
Walt Disney Jr., Disney, Bill Gates, & The
Microsoft Development Team.

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