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Free Computer Equipment hoax

This hoax is a variant of 'Microsoft E-mail Tracking System' and 'Free Gap Clothes' hoaxes. The hoax message looks like this:

 Subject:  FREE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

 Hewlett-Packard and Gateway have just merged to form the biggest
 computer supplier in the world! Bigger than Dell, bigger than
 IBM, bigger than them all! In response to this amazing merger,
 IBM has set aside 250,000 free computers to reward and keep it's
 most loyal and trusted customers! I've already got mine, read on
 to see how you can get yours!!!

 This email has a special encoding which will let IBM know every
 time you send it to one of your friends or relatives. The first
 250,000 people who send this to at least 15 of their friends
 will receive a brand new IBM computer! After you send this to
 your friends, and qualify, IBM will contact you via email, and
 get your shipping address. Send them your address, and in a
 couple of days, a brand new computer, complete with printer, and
 19" monitor is sitting on your doorstep! You must hurry, because
 this offer ends July 31 of this year!

 Here's the catch, though. Each of your friends must send this to
 at least 5 people or you won't be eligible, so choose your
 friends wisely! Remember, a true friend will send this along for
 you! That's all it takes, no strings attached! No purchase
 necessary!!! You don't even have to have previously purchased a
 computer from IBM! They want to earn or keep your future
 business, and they're willing to pay for it!!!

 Take Care, and let's get some new computers!!!

Please don't spread this message any further.