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Julian G

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I received this email 5mins ago

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Hey it is Andy and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption; 
but msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are 
taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one 
person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your 
account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your 
account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no 
joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks. WHO EVER 
DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST 
£10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. NOW YOU 
KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE EMAIL. 
GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!
 
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io got something ike that, it sounds fake, msn is microsoft, they cant just run out of server space, it just sounds crazy!

its fake

'DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST
£10.00 A MONTH TO USE'

that senetce don't make sence you will cost 10 pounds, i think it is a fake!
 

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When i got it, it didnt look professional and i didnt think msn would just close, although i did send it on, never know...
 

Julian G

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I did ask the sender if that was serious or was it just a joke...

He just had told me it was just a joke :shock:
 
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ROFL. You realise they don't even know if its going to be sent on? ;)
 

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It isnt a very funny joke. If you dont know if it wont be sent on ,then it isnt funny, it may just get ignored, , you can tell its a fake, they cant even write sentrences properly. Although never can i!
 

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It was kind of obvious when I received it on an e-mail address that didn't have a .NET passport ;)
 

Jonno2055

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When i got it, the message seemed jumbled and it had been forwarded to me so i couldnt tell where it was from!
 

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what are you agreeing i cant write sententences, if so it doesn't look to good, im supposed to get a B GCSE! All that work, and i cant even write a sentence properly!
 

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How many times do people have to be told. This stuff is utter tripe and by sending it on you are just pandering to the spammers.
 

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YOU said:
It isnt a very funny joke. If you dont know if it wont be sent on ,then it isnt funny, it may just get ignored, , you can tell its a fake, they cant even write sentrences properly. Although never can i!

YOU said:
what are you agreeing i cant write sententences

None of that makes sense. You can't even spell 'sentences', never mind write them! ;)
 

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Ah, yes that was supposed to say that it is not a very amusing joke, one of the reasons being that the creators do not know if it is working and you can tell that the e-mail is a fake because they cannot write sentences correctly. Although neither can I... but now I can!

:lol:
 

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It's not a joke, it's just a waste of everybody's time. Mailservers are provided for people to usefulle email one another, not to send this spam.

To reiterate

If you get ANY email telling you to forward it on to 10 people, don't. You will not get bad luck, die or anything that an email might say. Emails can't be tracked by MNCs so they can count how many people have received it.

Don't clog up servers with rubbish.
 

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Cockfosters said:
If you get ANY email telling you to forward it on to 10 people, don't. You will not get bad luck, die or anything that an email might say. Emails can't be tracked by MNCs so they can count how many people have received it.

Don't clog up servers with rubbish.

...and don't bother with all that Hi5 and Bebo crap.
 

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Chaz said:
Cockfosters said:
If you get ANY email telling you to forward it on to 10 people, don't. You will not get bad luck, die or anything that an email might say. Emails can't be tracked by MNCs so they can count how many people have received it.

Don't clog up servers with rubbish.

...and don't bother with all that Hi5 and Bebo rubbish.

OMG, those 2 sites get on my nerves so much!

I got about 7 'freind; requests from the same person in ONE day! :shock: <(

It sooo darn annoying and it inundates my inbox daily :x :x
 

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One of the reasons my MSN 'passport' account address isn't a real one.
 

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spm_43030 said:
Chaz said:
Cockfosters said:
If you get ANY email telling you to forward it on to 10 people, don't. You will not get bad luck, die or anything that an email might say. Emails can't be tracked by MNCs so they can count how many people have received it.

Don't clog up servers with rubbish.

...and don't bother with all that Hi5 and Bebo rubbish.

OMG, those 2 sites get on ym nerves so much!

I got about 7 'freind; requests from the same person in ONE day! :shock: <(

It sooo darn annoying and it inundates my inbox daily :x :x

Aye - I know exactly what you mean. I've told Gmail to delete them all. :)
 
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