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NAME:	Frozen IM hoax
ALIAS:	AOL Badguy hoax twist, Crazy70707 IM hoax

The below message is a hoax:

 Subject: GOT THIS FROM A FRIEND..........BE CAREFUL!

 Thought I would share with everyone something that happened on
 Tuesday night  ... and I hope that you will all pass this to
 other AOL members.

 While I was online Tuesday night, my sister-in-law sent me an IM
 and told me  to checkout the profile of another AOL user named
 CRAZY70707.  Not really  thinking much about it, I pulled the
 profile up ... and in big red letters,  the word "FROZEN" was at
 the top of this profile.  At first, I thought it was  some kind
 of a joke, but when I went to click the profile off of my
 screen...I couldn't do anything...I was, as the profile said,
 frozen.

 I sat for a few moments thinking the joke would go away and I
 could continue my time on AOL.  This wasn't the way it was going
 to happen.  The only way I could get out was to
 cntrl/alt/delete.  When I was able to log on again, my computer
 was sluggish so I logged off again.

 A few hours later when I decided to try again...I clicked on my
 AOL icon and a warning came up that I would need to reinstall
 AOL...it had been completely wiped from our system.   When Alan
 got home, he called AOL to see if they could tell what happened.
 When he told the AOL rep about  CRAZY70707, she pulled the
 profile up and guess what...as you might have already
 guessed...her computer froze up as mine did.

 We had to reinstall 4.0 and 5.0 again ... and we all know how
 much of a pain that is.  We have lost everything in our download
 file, as well as everything stored in our favorite places.

 I am sending this as a warning to you all .. do not pull this
 profile up .. whoever this person is,  he's an idiot ... he's
 been reported and I am hoping that AOL is smart and will
 discontinue his membership.  In the meantime, however, don't get
 stuck in the same mess that we were ... and, by all means, pass
 this to as many people as you can.

If you receive this or alike message please ignore it and don't pass it on.