There can be many pranks on the internet especially when sending off emails is totally Free and Easy and everyone around the world can access the emails.
One of the long lasting email prank also known as chain mail is the one that concerns about Hotmail email service. This email looks authentic as it has a reputable link attached. The sample email is attached below:
Email Title: “You Have to Read This!” – Hotmail Users
This is Tara and John, the directors of MSN. We would like to sincerely apologize for the interruption, but msn is closing down. We know many of these messages have been sent
out lately, and that they wouldn’t be true. However, this one is in fact true, and it will occur soon.
MSN will begin to charge you money soon. This is due to the fact that too many inconsiderate people are taking up all the names (ie. making up lots of different accounts for
just one person). Therefore, we only have 578 names left.
If you would like to close your account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. We would not reccommend this, because if in the future you’d like to use MSN, and you don’t send this
message on, you will be CHARGED to use MSN monthly.
If you would like to keep your account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. As we said this before, this is no joke, and we will be shutting down the
servers. Please send it on. We do not want to be receiving phone calls stating that your MSN will not open, or that you are being charged for using it – because this will be your fauly for not sending it on. The estimated cost for MSN monthly will be about ten dollars CAN.
SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. In case you believed this is yet another of those ‘prank’ MSN shut down emails, go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm
Once you’ve sent this message to at least 18 contacts, your msn icon will become blue.
Regards,
Tara and John
(Directors and Operators of MSN.com, Hotmail, Windows Live Hotmail, etc)
If you clicked on the link to view the page in BBC News, you will find that sure enough, the email above is valid. But if one searched further, you will find another link from the same BBC News website that proved that the email is a prank. However, BBC News will not remove the indicated page for specific reasons.
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