I got a forwarded email from a family member this morning with the above subject line. I had seen the email before. It promises that internet users can receive a cash reward for forwarding messages to test a Microsoft/AOL e-mail tracking system. You know something is up when the thing says 73 times in three paragraphs that "really, this is true, trust me. I know about these things." I pointed them to Snopes.com for the history of that old email hoax.
It made me think about the old adage, "It if sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." It is a very good rule of thumb on the internet and in email. In fact, I've only found a few exceptions to that rule in my lifetime. :-) Here are a few of them:
1. Salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone
2. My wife loves me and actually chose to marry me!
3. My three daughters
4. Community Baptist Church
5. www.freeipods.com (I actually got one!)
6. Coffee News
There are a few more but a sweet deal from Bill Gates for forwarding an email is not one of them. :-)
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