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Wei Wu Wei
Mar 30th, 2003, 06:57:37 PM
Sorry to break the news to you, but AIM and AOL are asking you to send this message To at least 20 people becasue AIM is getting very Crowded And we want to see who is useing there Screen Name And who is Not. You Have 3 days to Do this. If In the 3 days this is not sent to anyone from your screen name your account will be deleted ! Sorry again

I recieved this AIM from some sort of bot I'm guessing. I don't know what this is. Seems like some sort of stupid chain mail to me. Just warning you guys about it, and if anyone else has recieved this message, what do you think of it?
Figrin D'an
Mar 30th, 2003, 07:03:23 PM
It's BS... the bad spelling/grammar is a giveaway, and simply that AOL has other ways of tracking information than relying on end-users.
Droo
Mar 30th, 2003, 07:35:21 PM
:rolleyes

I can't abide those things. I get annoyed at anyone who sends them to me.
Admiral Lebron
Mar 30th, 2003, 09:41:17 PM
Its most likely a bot... and thats easy to do.
Marcus Telcontar
Mar 30th, 2003, 10:07:34 PM
Agh, stupid hoax. All it takes is for one person to set this in motion and the mulitide of clueless users just sweep it onwards.

Seen the same message before about two years ago. Ignore it
Evil Hobgoblin
Mar 31st, 2003, 10:53:25 AM
Sorry to break the news? What kind of gay...

Nevermind. Suffice it to say that is not even close to professional business ettiquitte. Ignore, ignore, ignore.
Wei Wu Wei
Mar 31st, 2003, 04:01:26 PM
Yeah, I thought so. I hate those things too. Just thought I'd let everyone know about it.
Hart
Mar 31st, 2003, 07:08:51 PM
But what if it's a bot with aspirations of world domination?
Lion El' Jonson
Mar 31st, 2003, 08:36:16 PM
...Like whatever-the-hell-her-name-is from System Shock II?