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NAME:Lump Of Coal hoax
ALIAS:Happy New Year hoax

The below message is a hoax:

 Warning on December 25, 1999 you may receive an email called,
 Lump of Coal...do not open it, it contains a deadly virus...it
 will erase your windows along with many other program files.
 Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!!This is
 not a hoax....this was reported on the CBS morning news August
 20,1999.

There's another variant of this hoax:

 Warning on December 31, 1999 you may receive an e-mail called,
 Happy New Year...do not open it, it contains a deadly virus...it
 will erase windows from your computer along with many other
 program files.

 Pass this on as soon as you can to get the WORD out!!! This is
 not a hoax....this was reported on CNN on Tuesday the 2nd
 November 1999!

If you receive these message please don't spread them any further.