[H-GEN] permutation of honesty virus

[bmatthewtaylor at yahoo.co.uk]

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sigh... sometimes I wonder if there shouldn't be a license test to drive on 
the cyber highway.. came across this in my junk filter folder...

[snip]


Dear Hotmail user,

Our system is currently getting overloaded. To assist in identifying 
inactive accounts please forward this email to ten other hotmail users. 
Please note your account will be terminated if you do not assist us in this 
maintenance activity.


[snip]


The email I received had [apparently] been forwarded FOUR times.  Are 
hotmail users really that stupid?

Mat.
[I think I just shot my foot, time to put it in my mouth.]


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