Hey it is Andy and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption but
msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are
taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one
person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your
account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your
account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no
joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks.

WHO EVER DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU
WILL COST £10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE
WHOLE EMAIL. GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

This one amused me, to say the least.
Do you really think that a “director” of MSN (Microsoft Networking, in case you wondered) would write in such an unarticulated way? Honestly, this is such a pathetic chain mail. I very much doubt there is an “Andy” and “John” (John has a capital ‘J’ by the way, as it’s a noun.) who are “directors” of Microsoft. MSN wouldn’t close down, they make for too much money, and get far too much popularity from it. Too many people taking up the names? Urm, they’re not called names, they’re called identifcation details. sxcgurl_69 isn’t a name, it’s an aliterate pre-pubescent teen who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Hell, I’m surprised she can actually use the underscore key, after all, its a form of punctuation. 578 names? I very much doubt they could be so specific. That’s like Tesco phoning up their warehous and saying “We only have 4,278 peas left, send more! Urgently!”.

“If you would like to close your account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON…” Why would I do that? I’d like to see Microsoft shut down Gmail. Yes, that’s right, I was clever enough to avoid the 3-keyd prison of DOOM, and registered a real email account with .net passport (which unfortunately is owned by Microsoft), which means I don’t get spammed to the max about crap.

Quite honestly, if this is true, then I think all of you should keep the message, and not forward it to anyone. Why? Because I have 100 Gmail invites left, so a select 100 of you can still talk to me on MSN. I will be sending the invites out to those who get the best scores on the Mensa workout which can be found here.

“WHO EVER DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST £10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.” Awesome, so now girls have to pay…? So, why exactly would I be paying £10/month for something that I don’t even have anymore? Also, why would Americans be paying $17.7/month (as Microsoft are American) for the same reason?

“NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE EMAIL. GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE”
I think they mean: “Go back to your e-mail account index, and click “Compose new mail.”.

To summarise, this email really shows how pathetic most people are. I imagine the main reason most people sent this on was because they actually believe it. I know this because when I first recieved it, I didn’t recieve it in a forwarded email, it was a singular one with no CC, meaning the person had obviously read and followed the so-called rules.