Dollymarie Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Ok so I got this email today, and for about 10 seconds I thought it was genuine, Hey everyone,i don't normally send this sort of stuff out but had a look on the internet and its actually true . On the 1st of november , we will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email accounts unless we send this message to at least 18 contacts on your contact list. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site Go on to this site and its a BBC news article about its proposal for charging people ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself. Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts , your msn dude will become blue. please copy and paste don't forward cos people won't take notice of it.until I clicked on the link and realised the BBC news article was from 2001, and its currently fooling thousands of people a day as a spoof chain letter email.Anyone else had these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 yes had that and one from the "directors of MSN". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayLives Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I had that too.I thought 'you would have to be the stupidest fool ever to fall for that one'. Over the next few days I got about 5 more all from my mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB. Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Can someone explain this?Why do people send fake e-mails saying things like "If you send this to 18 people you get a free phone" etc...What's in it for them?People say "don't open them", what happens if you open them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Can someone explain this?Why do people send fake e-mails saying things like "If you send this to 18 people you get a free phone" etc...What's in it for them?People say "don't open them", what happens if you open them?Sometimes it can be phishing................... sometimes collecting of email adds for junk mail blitz....... sometimes more dark reasons................. if in doubt don't open em thicket!You have been warned ........ now just copy and paste this message to 200 of your mates...... but we know you only have one ..... and they don't really like you anyway...........P.S........ If you think I'm being unfair or rude ...... just send your bank details and passwords to me as I have been informed that we need to check if you are really BB....... Please note Your Bristol City FC Forum account will be suspended if you can not comply....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 You know what that is.............Unlucky!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB. Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Sometimes it can be phishing................... sometimes collecting of email adds for junk mail blitz....... sometimes more dark reasons................. if in doubt don't open em thicket!You have been warned ........ now just copy and paste this message to 200 of your mates...... but we know you only have one ..... and they don't really like you anyway...........P.S........ If you think I'm being unfair or rude ...... just send your bank details and pass words to me as I have been informed that we need to check if you are really BB....... Please note Your Bristol City FC Forum account will be suspended if you can not comply.......ummm, whats phishing? What do they gain from junk mail blitz? Dark reasons? Thicket?I'll try and work them out;Phishing = FishingJunk mail = they get an enormous sense of well being and are happy for the rest of the dayDark reasons = They send them in the middle of the night via their staff who are zombiesThicket = a free ticket if you open it.Sometimes it can be phishing................... sometimes collecting of email adds for junk mail blitz....... sometimes more dark reasons................. if in doubt don't open em thicket!You have been warned ........ now just copy and paste this message to 200 of your mates...... but we know you only have one ..... and they don't really like you anyway...........P.S........ If you think I'm being unfair or rude ...... just send your bank details and pass words to me as I have been informed that we need to check if you are really BB....... Please note Your Bristol City FC Forum account will be suspended if you can not comply.......X 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 ummm, whats phishing? What do they gain from junk mail blitz? Dark reasons? Thicket?I'll try and work them out;Phishing = FishingJunk mail = they get an enormous sense of well being and are happy for the rest of the dayDark reasons = They send them in the middle of the night via their staff who are zombiesThicket = a free ticket if you open it.Sometimes it can be phishing................... sometimes collecting of email adds for junk mail blitz....... sometimes more dark reasons................. if in doubt don't open em thicket!You have been warned ........ now just copy and paste this message to 200 of your mates...... but we know you only have one ..... and they don't really like you anyway...........P.S........ If you think I'm being unfair or rude ...... just send your bank details and pass words to me as I have been informed that we need to check if you are really BB....... Please note Your Bristol City FC Forum account will be suspended if you can not comply.......X 200 Sory you no sentt bank details......... I transfar 110000000000000 USD to you now, ned baank detales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I've had this email about 10 times at least in the past month from various people.I think my sister even sent it to me twice - dim or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southy354 Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I think chain mails should be on one of LordoftheBlings rant. I get so many and half of them are weird. I had one which was, if you don't send this email to 10 contacts in the next 10 minutes you will have an unlucky life , there are some which are sad like a girl dying but I just laugh . Quite funny how so many people have got fooled it's still going round now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayLives Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I hate it when people send you those bullitin message things on 'myspace'. And if you don't reply they will apparently kill you in your sleep/your mum/dad/cat/dog. Argh! There's a new one everyday, i spend my nights wide-eyed and waking up in a puddle of sweat (at least I hope that's what it is) really gets on my t**s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 The type that I see quite a lot is the Nigerian 419 scam, with the promise of untold millions from diamonds, govt contracts etc. They are so badly written and far-fetched it is ridiculous, but, I read a while back that it is reckoned that on any given day there is at least 1 person sat in the lobby of a London hotel waiting to meet someone who has promised the dosh. Amazing how stupid and blinkered people can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 The type that I see quite a lot is the Nigerian 419 scam, with the promise of untold millions from diamonds, govt contracts etc. They are so badly written and far-fetched it is ridiculous, but, I read a while back that it is reckoned that on any given day there is at least 1 person sat in the lobby of a London hotel waiting to meet someone who has promised the dosh. Amazing how stupid and blinkered people can be.I had one once from some bird who was in a refugee camp after her family had all beem murdered by the Baddies. Daddy had left her 9.7m quid in the bank and all I had to do was send her my bank details so she could transfer the money to me and then I could send her an airline ticket out of the country. Smelt a scam when ony 5m quid was transferred so did'nt worry about sending the ticket ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey_BCFC Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Ok so I got this email today, and for about 10 seconds I thought it was genuine, Hey everyone,i don't normally send this sort of stuff out but had a look on the internet and its actually true . On the 1st of november , we will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email accounts unless we send this message to at least 18 contacts on your contact list. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site Go on to this site and its a BBC news article about its proposal for charging people ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself. Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts , your msn dude will become blue. please copy and paste don't forward cos people won't take notice of it.until I clicked on the link and realised the BBC news article was from 2001, and its currently fooling thousands of people a day as a spoof chain letter email.Anyone else had these?I've had this countless times now. Does my head in! And people actually believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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