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NAME:	Your screen name hoax
ALIAS:	MSN hackers

The message below is a hoax. Someone is trying to make people circulate a chain letter by scaring people that their MSN account would be hacked if they don't obey. There is no currently known security hole in MSN system that would allow this type of hack.

If you receive this messages or something similar, please ignore it and do not pass it on.

  Your Screen Name has Been Added to the ß®øöô¥ £.¼ Hackers List!  Here
  is how we work.  Because we master MSNeverytime this letter is sent
  out a copy is also instantly send to us.  We then scan out all the
  names, and place them on our hackers list.  Once you send out this
  letter 10 times your name again is instantly removed from our list.
  If this letter is not sent out exactly 45 minutes after you have
  opened it your name will not be able to be removed from our hacking
  list.  Here is what happened when your name is stuck on the ß®øöô¥ £.¼
  hackers list.  1 -Your MSN Instant messenger password is pulled out of
  MSN'S files.  2 !  Stupidly MSN stores your password on a password
  access website.  We have cracked the password needed and have access
  to every account except for MSN guides (cat guides).  -We gain your
  credit card number, social security number, and home address.  Your
  credit card information and home address is stored at the MSN site and
  with that we can gain you social security number.  -Everytime you sign
  on HOTMAIL, OR MSN INSTANT MESSENGER your account will be messed
  around with.  -and much, much more with the power of ß®øöô¥ £.¼
  hackers.

  Don't believe this?  We don't care at all because not following the
  directions given will harm you in over 10 ways.  All you have to do is
  send this out to 10 people and you will never have to worry about this
  again.  If you receive this letter again after sending it out you
  don't need to send it out again, because your name is not able to be
  put back on.  Why are we doing this?  It is to get back at MSN, and we
  are taking action.  When the members of ß®øöô¥ £.¼ hackers first
  signed up for MSN they were not hackers.  Once they had to start
  paying 21 dollars for MSN they decided to <explative deleted> over
  MSN.  Also the ß®øöô¥ £.¼ hackers are doing this because of the many
  ads on MSN.  When you first sign on MSN you receive too many ads and
  <explative deleted> when you go to internet channels, and more pop ads
  when you click on things.  We have had enough!  That's why ß®øöô¥ £.¼
  exists.

  All you must do now is send this to 10 other MSN members and you will
  never again have to worry about ß®øöô¥ £.¼ hackers.  SEND THIS OUT NOW
  TO 10 PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR ACCOUNT, CREDIT CARD, AND MUCH
  MORE!

[Analysis: Jarno Niemela, F-Secure, 30th of January 2002]