It was a blatant hoax from the onset and yet, a month after it was first in circulation, I'm getting them every day still.

 

So, if anyone recieved the following, just ignore it for the populus' sake.

 

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

>Heya everyone, I dont normally send this sort of stuff out but had a

>look on the internet and its actually true . On the 1st of november , we

>will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email accounts unless we send

>this

>message to at least 18 contacts on your contact list. It's no joke if you

>don't believe me then go to the 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

>dude will become blue. please copy and paste don't forward cos people won't

>take

>notice of it.

>

ive had that email at least twice this month

I've never recieved that one, seriously you would have to be a complete retard to believe that lol.

I've never recieved that one, seriously you would have to be a complete retard to believe that lol.

But some people on msn ARE complete retards :rofl:

 

Incidently, I haven't received it either :D

But some people on msn ARE complete retards :rofl:

 

Incidently, I haven't received it either :D

 

Indeed, quite a few are retards. The one I had this morning had only a few email address been copied to and from, but I had one last week and there must have been over 100 email addresses on there.