is this real or fake ?

cozza

I got this email from a friend but not sure about this ?

is it true ?
save msn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
This is Tara 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 (e.g. Making up lots of different accounts for just one person, etc.), 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.

P.S.
WHO EVER DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND IT WILL COST YOU 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.
This is no joke if you don't believe us then go to this site:
http://news.BBC.co.UK/1/hi/business/1189119.stm
and see for yourself. Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts, your MSN icon will become blue. Please copy and paste don't forward because people wont read them

thomas01155

Fake look at the date on the bbc site its been going round snice then. Sunday, 25 February, 2001, 11:00 GMT

Marty_J

Of course it's fake.

Any email telling you to forward it so many times or else your account will be closed, you'll kill a third world orphan, or killer flying monkeys will rain from above, is total BS.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/overload.asp

asininity

They'll be a small tracker image in it somewhere and the original sender will be monitoring it and mapping out email addresses.

triticale

Link to the right of that BBC News link: "Thousands fall for Hotmail prank"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4778046.stm

:rollingeyes:

maxtweenie

I think there's a clue in the way it's written. It was either written by a kid, an idiot, someone who doesn't have English as their first language or possibly all three.

John_Gray

Old, but still worth a read, is the warning about the deadly Gullibility Virus...

ddoris

furkin' eejiots

Robgmun

faker then a fake thing from planet fake.

busenbust

P.S.
WHO EVER DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND IT WILL COST YOU 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.

:rotfl: :rotfl:

No, thank you for your attention;)

busenbust

If it's real then so too are busenbust's boobs :rotfl: