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NAME:Hotmail Account hoax

The message below is a hoax:

 Dear Hotmail User,

 Because of the sudden rush of people signing up to Hotmail, it
 has come to our attention that we are vastly running out of
 resources. So, within a month's time, anyone who does not
 receive this email with the exact subject heading, will be
 deleted off our server.

 Please forward this email so that we know you are still using
 this account.

There is also other versions of this hoax that propagate as a JPEG image of a page that looks like a letter or message from Microsoft.

If you receive any of these messages or similar please do not pass it on. Microsoft has better ways to inform customers than rely on people forwarding a message from them.

[Last modified: November 2001, Jarno Niemela]