TMobile is NOT giving away $60!!!

Ok...
I really have a hard time when people get emails that are bogus/scams and they don't research into things first. Now...I cant judge you all...cause I just happen to be skeptical, yet I can inform you.

Today I received several text messages stating the following:

Attention! All T-mobile Customers send this message to ten people and t-mobile will credit your account 60.00*both billing or prepaid. Happy Holidays!

Now, lets break this out.
Questions:

1. How many customers does TMobile have? 32.1 million world wide
2. Does every customer have unlimited texting? NO

Thoughts:

1. Now...if every one of TMobiles customers were to get $60 from texting all their friends...multiplied by 32.1 million....you get my point
2. In regards to the other question...if you don't have text messaging on your phone (there are several packages ranging from 400texts to unlimited) you pay 20cents per text (incoming and outgoing)

So...you send 10...and assume that you have 100 friends who send it to their 10 friends...which you happen to be one of...so now you get 100 texts (assuming none of your friends friends text you) multiplied by 20cents (potentially) you now owe TMobile $20 of the $60...doesn't make much sense from either perspective.

But...putting all that thinking aside that caused me to label this as 'bogus' right off the bat...I decided to to what EVERYONE should do when receiving such messages. (whether email or text), I called TMobile...wow..novel idea...why didn't i think of that...oh..wait I DID. harrumph!!...

Anyways...they informed me that they were aware of the issue...and let me know that this is not a valid text. The further informed me that were it to be valid it would be sent from 501 or 900 as this is their system message numbers (not positive on the 900..but something like that).
I also asked if someone potentially now had a $20 bill because they were on a pay as you go rather than a plan...and 100 friends had sent them this, I was told that if you report it they can work with you on crediting this back.

Unfortunately when this happens it drives costs up for all the subscribers because TMobile will spread some of this loss among its customers.

In my opinion you should eat the bill if this happens to you (its your punishment...or reward)....never take anything at its face value...look at it from another angle...see if the message your getting is even practical.

***Deep breath*** sigh.................