i am the pwnage, bitches

I just had the shits today with how many idiots actually fall for this kind of shite.

"Hey it is Andy and John the directors of MSN,

Sorry for the interruption but msn is closing down. Seriously.
This is because too many inconsiderate people are taking up all the names
(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"

I actually got forwarded this by a guy who actually believed it, and sent it to me and a number of others!

So, in the spirit of pwning n00bs, i wrote back:

"OK look,
Everyone knows that if Microsoft were to start charging for MSN, 99% of the people who use it would stop, and move over to another free messaging service.
Furthermore, that stupid BBC News Article that was posted in that last email was published in 2001 about Microsoft "maybe" introducing new services that it would charge for.
2001 people, come on. Pay attention here. They weren't even talking about charging for MSN, only the possibility of adding some extra features which they could charge for. That's right kids, 5 years ago.
Finally, there is a link directly from said website that takes you to this page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4778046.stm , entitled: "Thousands fall for Hotmail prank".

Duuuuuhhhhhh.
p.s. "Hey it is Andy and John the directors of MSN, "
LOLROFL do you actually think that the directors of MSN (uh, don't you mean of Microsoft) would introduce themselves in a different way than "Hey it is Andy and John."? Perhaps they'd have a nice letterhead and put it at least in something slightly official-looking, rather than in a haphazard email. 578 names left? Oh no! Have we run out of letters? Better invent some more! How about some little crazy pictographs of people stabbing things and stuff. Yeah.. yeah.. sweet."

Seriously, how can people use computers and do whatever-else it is they do as well as they do it every day when they fall for things like this? The mind boggles.