New Social-panic Hoax

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March 31, 2003 at 1:00 am #13539

newrisedesigns
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Hoaxes like the “teddy bear virus” (http://snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.htm) don’t cause much damage, but can be incredibly annoying to those that the hoax “infects.”

I recently received three messages akin to this:
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

AOL does not verify accounts in this manner. Don’t send people this. It’s a hoax.

You can’t get a virus from someone else having your screen name on their buddy list, though I haven’t gotten messages about that in a long while.

March 31, 2003 at 2:13 am #97306

Jeff Hester
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I got one of these messages within a few minutes of logging on this afternoon. If someone gets one of these, just send a link to this topic. Hopefully they’ll learn. 😉

April 1, 2003 at 8:25 pm #97308

MsCheerC
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yeah i got that too but i was stupid enough to send it to other ppl.

April 1, 2003 at 10:27 pm #97305

Jeff Hester
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My favorite was this IM I got yesterday…

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quote:hello my name is jenna…..i am 7 years old with black hair and red eyes.i have no nose or ears….i am dead.if you do not send this to 10 people in the next five minutes i will appear tonight by your bed with a knife and kill you….this is no joke

Yeah… right! 😉

April 1, 2003 at 10:35 pm #97307

Slum
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Someone was a little early on the April Fools hehe 🙂

April 2, 2003 at 11:29 pm #97304

Jeff Hester
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Yet another hoax. People, please don’t believe this crap, and definitely do NOT forward these IMs!!!!

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quote:Dear AIM users,
Because of our overloading of our servers, we are being forced to extract our non-active AIM users. Because this is a free service, AOL has exceeded the budget for the AIM service. We are asking that you send this exact message to 20 other AIM users to ensure us that you’re an active AIM user. Our system tracking devise will pick up this message to keep you on our active list. You have 72 hours to complete this task or your service will be cancelled immediately. Starting April 9, 2003, we will be charging a small fee for registering of a screen name for AIM. Thank you for your time and for using AOL or AIM.

Sincerely,

Mark Jenkins
AOL Time Warner
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