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This is a hoax. See the statement from Micrsoft themselves at
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/hoax/05%2D13hoax.htm
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I got this from Barry Allen, who is the Sports Information
Director at the University of Alabama. Barry swears this is
true because it happened to him. He got it from a friend and
tried it and it worked. I am passing it on to you--many of you I
know, some I don't--but I figured what do I have to lose? And,
in turn, what do you have to lose?

Here's what I got from Barry:

I am forwarding this because the person who sent it to me is a
good friend and does not send me junk. Microsoft and AOL
are now the largest Internet company and in an effort make
sure that Internet explorer remains the most widely used
program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and
will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a
two week time period. For every person that you forward this
e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person
that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you
$243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be
paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you
for your address and then send you a check. I thought this was
a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and
forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my e-mail and
within days, I received a check for $24800.00.