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VGFreak877 Buzz Blob Level: 28 Posts: 265/294 EXP: 123189 For next: 8149 Since: 03-15-04 From: Hillsborough, NH Since last post: 60 days Last activity: 1 hour |
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No. But this person that I got this e-mail from thinks they are: Dear America Online and Instant Messages users: Our America online staff is planning to take away IM by July 18th, 2005. If you want to keep our IM free of charge, send this email to everyone you know. It will be used as a petition. Each person you send this to counts as one "signature" If this petition gets 100,000 signatures they will keep AOL IM. If they do not receive 100,000 votes you will have to pay 15.00 to have IM (per month). If you don't care about this then please for everyone's sake help out a little. Thank you for your time and consideration and please help AOL beat their vote. This is a scam, people. Do NOT send any forwards if you receive this e-mail. There has not been an announcement on aol.com or any other place announcing the possibility of this. I suggest you do NOT open this e-mail if you receive it. Oh, and there's all kinds of discrepancies in this e-mail to prove that it's a hoax. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 8791/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Well, if there's no virii attached then it's a perfectly normal chain letter. A stupid one that 5% of the Internet will reply to, but a chain letter regardless. |
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Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 449/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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I used to get stuff like this from people on AIM. They'd send it and be like "OMG DONT LET THIS HAPPEN AIM IS THE BEST OMG." AOL wouldn't do that, they would get SO MANY complaints. At least I hope they won't ever do that in the future.. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 10150/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Chain mails... or chain IM's. I got one recently from someone on YIM, stating that Yahoo wouldn't keep it's IM service free. Snopes lists alot of thoose chain mails, and it seems that chain IM's start to take loose. OH GOD, DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY KEEP KITTIES IN BOTTLES? THAT'S GODDAM AWFUL. (even if it's not true... I still have to tell people repeatly it's just some sick joke ) as I said, Snopes is a good reference for such things. If not you could always check their forums, which I post at. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 5146/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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This has been going around for years. The biggest thing people fail to realize is that when you get an email you have no way to tell whether it was forwarded to one person or a million. That is unless every single person left the original message in and added some text of their own... Whenever I get an email saying to send it to 50 people or whatever, I just send it back to the sender 50 times. |
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Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 454/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker That's what I do too! It drives them nuts! |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 10159/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Originally posted by HyperHackerAnd as excuse, I would say that the software/god actually counts the number of times a mail is sent, and not to which persons. And good idea, I do that the next time I get a chan letter... which is never. I see other people getting chain mails all the time thought, and belives them but they don't send any crap to me... :/ |
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Sandy53215 Acmlm (10:55:31 PM): they're having fun for the first time in so long Level: 47 Posts: 658/948 EXP: 713034 For next: 53169 Since: 03-15-04 From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.A) Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 4 hours |
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I hate these types of things. I used to get tons of chain letters, not so much anymore. (Thank God) Now I just get random IM's about chain letters. | |||
Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 10106/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 6273/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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And you have to figure that it won't be only 5% of the Internet falling for it either. People believe a lot of forwards. I just delete them...unless they're warranted for a look at because of something that really need to be forward...not spam or chain letter crap. |
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Setzer Popo Level: 36 Posts: 336/532 EXP: 290182 For next: 17928 Since: 04-22-04 From: Not Florida. because I'm going to sink it. Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 48 min. |
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Eh. Just don't spread your email out to a bunch of people, and you wont get shit like this. and give fake emails when you sign up for stuff kthxbye. | |||
Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 3235/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Stupid letter, but even if it was true, it would be no loss to me TRILLIAN, ka-PA! | |||
Shyguy The Original Femme Fatale! Level: 57 Posts: 1252/1998 EXP: 1443008 For next: 42920 Since: 02-14-05 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Thats something everyone should do. Send 100,000 right back to the original user. That way, when their parents see it. GROUNDATION! (or for rich people, LAWSUIT!) | |||
Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 3236/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by Shyguy ....Or, um, it could be some 45 year old guy living in his mom's basement. And if it is a kid, I doubt his parents check his email daily for him. Or her. But a doubt a girl would be stupid enough to do this. |
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