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NAME:SlaveMaster hoax

Slavemaster is a very old hoax that keeps reappearing every now and then. Originally it warned about a madman finding women through messenger applications and then killing them. Slavemaster actually did exist but has been behind bars for a long time already although he never killed 56 women, the accurate number is not know, but it it considerably less. Please do not distribute the hoax.

  If a guy by the name of ----- _SlaveMaster ----- contacts you do
  not answer. He has killed 56 women that he has talked to on the
  Internet. PLZ SEND OUT TO ALL THE WOMEN ON YOUR BUDDY LIST .
  ALSO ASK THEM TO PASS THIS ON.

  He has been on {{Yahoo- Aol-- Excite}} so far. This is no
  JOKE.!!!!!!

Another version of the hoax:

  WARNING FROM THE STATE POLICE PLEASE READ THIS

  I Subject: WARNING From STATE POLICE ........USA (not a joke) State
  police warning for online: Please read this "very carefully"...then send
  it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is
  nothing to take casually; this is something you DO want to pay attention
  to. Think of it as a bit of advice too. If a person with the screen-name
  of Monkeyman935 contacts you, do not reply. DO not talk to this person;
  do not answer any of his/her instant Messages or e-mail. Whoever this
  person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of 56 women
  (so far) contacted through the Internet. Please send this to all the
  women on your buddy list and ask them to pass this on, as well. This
  screen-name was se en on Yahoo, AOL, AIM, and Excite, so far.
  This is not a joke! Please send this to men too...just in case! Send to
  everyone you know! Ladies, this is serious.

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

[Last modified: March 2004]