Abercrombie & Fitch has recently merged to form
             the largest hottie outfitter company in the
             world!  In an effort to remain at pace with
             this giant, the GAP has introduced a new E-mail
             tracking system to determine who has the most
             loyal followers.  This E-mail is a beta test of
             the new clothing line and GAP has generously
             offered to compensate those who participate in
             the testing process.

             For each person you send this e-mail to, you
             will be given a pair of cargo pants.  For every
             person they give it to, you will be given an
             additional Hawaiian print T-shirt, for every
             person they send it to, you will receive a
             fishermans hat! GAP will tally all the E-mail
             messages produced under your name over a two
             week period and then E-mail you with more
             instructions.

             This beta test is only for Microsoft Windows
             users because the email tracking device that
             contacts GAP is embedded into the code of
             Windows 95 and 98. If you wish to speed up the
             "clothes receiving process" then you can E-mail
             the GAP's P.R. rep for a free list of email
             addresses to try, at.... gollygap@yahoo.com.

             (this was forwarded to me, it's not me saying
             this...) A week ago, I got an email from the
             GAP asking me for my address I gave it to them
             yesterday and I got a box load of mechandise in
             the mail from the GAP!!!!!  It really works!
 This slightly longer version is the next most the most common version and as far as I can tell the original version of this hoax:

        Abercrombie & Fitch have recently merged to form the largest
        hottie outfitter company in the world!  In an effort to
        remain at pace with this giant, the GAP has introduced a new
        email tracking system to determine who has the most loyal
        followers.  This email is a beta test of the new clothing
        line and GAP has generously offered to compensate those who
        participate in the testing process.  For each person you
        send this e-mail to, you will be given a pair of cargo
        pants.  For every person they give it to, you will be given
        an additional Hawaiian print T-shirt, for every person they
        send it to, you will recieve a fishermans hat! GAP will
        tally all the emails produced under your name over a two
        week period and then email you with more instructions. This
        beta test is only for Microsoft Windows users because the
        email tracking device that contacts GAP is embedded into the
        code of Windows 95 and 98.  If you wish to speed up the
        "clothes receiving process"  then you can email the GAP's
        P.R. rep for a free list of email addresses to try,
        at...."gollygap@yahoo.com"

       (this was forwarded to me, it's not me saying this...)

       I know you guys hate forwards, but I started this a
       month ago because I was naked and couldn't get a date. A
       week ago, I got an email from the GAP asking me for my
       address I gave it to them yesterday and I got a box load
       of mechandise in the mail from the GAP!!!!!  It really
       works!  I wanted you to get a piece of the action, you
       won't regret it! >>
 This doesn't require much comment. (I think the remark about being naked is actually rather funny and I was surprised when people still took this hoax seriously!)  There is no email tracking in Windows (it's not possible to track email at all as claimed in this hoax.) We have covered other hoaxes that claim your email will be tracked (such as the Forward For Money Hoaxes and the The Disney / Bill Gates Email Hoax).