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[brainet]

i Just Got this email From "Donotreply@gmail.com"

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Hello,

Your Email address is : XXXX@gmail.com

We are going to shut down our services as of MARCH 1 st but we can be running if you do use a favor and go here

http://searxx.revenuexxx.com/servlet/searc...keyword=finance

And Click on all The Links
Once a 1000 Links have Been Clicked on we will continue our Excellent service
Thanks,
Your Email Provider

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is it true or HOAX?

Edited by BuffaloHELP, 27 February 2006 - 08:37 AM.

[michaelper22]

HOAX. Do you really think that Gmail would do such a thing? I mean, do you think that Google of all people would ask you to click 1000 links? Not considering the fact that the link doesn't work.

Edited by michaelper22, 27 February 2006 - 01:37 AM.

[jlhaslip]

It has HOAX written all over it.

To begin with, gmail has your name, so why wouldn't they personalize it? It is a scam to get you to click 1000 links to generate traffic is all.

[bladeron]

lol, i got such mails from google and similar ones from microsoft.com too

and everyone knows that microsoft does mail anyone and so its gotta be a hoax and i think similar is the case with google
so dont get worried by these, they just belong to the spam folder

[Paul]

bladeron, on Feb 26 2006, 09:17 PM, said:

lol, i got such mails from google and similar ones from microsoft.com too

and everyone knows that microsoft does mail anyone and so its gotta be a hoax and i think similar is the case with google
so dont get worried by these, they just belong to the spam folder

D-uh! THIS IS A HOAX buddy, just ignore this kinda junk, Gmail usually filters this stuff out

[wild20]

Oh yeah. Hoax is stamped all over it. Stamped with spam left, right, up, and down. Just delete it. It is an easy way to get traffic. A lot of people will click. Maybe there is also a Trojan or Malware too. I would stay away from it and contact Gmail and google right away. they need to delete this email right away. If I owned google, I would weed out these emails. Make it so that email address like noreply and admin couldn't be created.

[Saint_Michael]

but you have to think about the humours side of this someone was able to make that email account and acctually use it.

but yeah only a computer illerate would fal lfor that.

[inyourarms]

That's so stupid.. You got me worried for a second there lol. But I agree with what the others have said, that's kinda stupid.

[electriic ink]

Hoax. Google would never refer to themselves as Your Email Provider, have such shoddy grammar and spelling and write their letters in an informal style.

Remember, google's a multi-billion dollar industry and if they did want money, they wouldn't do it through gmail emails.

[OCAC]

Definitely a hoax, have a look at the link, they just want to tempt you to go there. all these emails are just spam.