Threat Chains
Threat chains are chain letters that threaten to do something to you, your computer, or to someone else if you do not pass on the chain. The groups making the threats generally claim to be able to track who you send e-mail to so they will know if you have passed it on or not. E-mail tracking, which is generally not possible, is also claimed in many of the Give-Away Hoaxes
Not a Joke Virus Threat	AOL Riot June 1, 1998  MSN ß®øöô¥ £.¼ Hacker List Threat

Not a Joke Virus Threat

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IM SORRY GUYS>>I REALLY DONT BELIEVE IT BUT SENDING IT TO YALL JUST IN
CASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is not a joke...if you do not forward this e-mail to 20 other
people............. your computer will be a living hell thanks to one of
our very own little ingenus viruses.  I repeat this is not a joke this virus
will come to you only a week after you open this piece of mail in a very
undiscreet e-mail If you open this e-mail after opening others, it just
might come as a letter from your "buddy" Watch out! You have one week..
starting now.  If this virus gets in it won't come back out.  It will slowly 
delete 1 file a day from  system IRQ files, startup files and win 95 
kernels for registery address {1593338-489h985} 

Thank you for your  time.......#:)   hahahahaha    SCREW YOU!!! 

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AOL RIOT June 1, 1998 

  AOL RIOT JUNE 1, 1998
  
  WARNING:
 
  You must forward this letter to 10 people or your account will be
  terminated on June 1, 1998. All recipients of this e-mail are being 
  tracked. When you received this, when you forwarded it, who you 
  forwarded it to, is all on record. We are AOL's most elite hacker 
  group, known as LcW. We have hacked AOL's (easily infiltrated) systems
  on numerous occaisions. We have shut down AOL keywords, we can kick any 
  AOL Staff member off for 24 hours, we have gained access to Steve Case's
  account, we have created AOL's most famous hacking programs (Fate X, 
  HaVoK, HeLL RaIsEr, MaGeNtA) and we can certainly get your credit card 
  info. However, if you send this to 10 people, like you are told, you
  will escape unharmed. We won't terminate your account and you will be 
  able to continue using AOL. So if you know whats best for you, you
  will send this to 10 people as soon as possible. If you think we are
  bluffing....just wait till June 1, and see if you can sign or not.
  
  CAUTION: THERE WILL BE A VIRUS UPLOADED ON AOL'S MAIN SERVER ON JUNE 1,
  1998. ANY USERS WHO HAVEN'T FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY
  HAVE THE VIRUS DOWNLOADED INTO THEIR SYSTEM. WE SUGGEST YOU FORWARD
  THIS MESSAGE OR YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE FRIED.
 
  *****
  
  Because of the outrage of AOL's increasing prices, LcW has decided to
  create a riot on May 1, that will cause havoc on AOL. We will be 
  sending viruses out to thousands of AOL users. We will be terminating 
  accounts. We will be hacking into Guide chat rooms and kicking guides 
  offline. There will be no AOL Staff - just complete pandemonium. If 
  you want to join this riot, we urge you to! You won't have to worry 
  about being TOSed or Reported because there will be no Guides online! 
  So do whatever you want - punt, scroll, tos, just turn AOL into
  a war zone!
  
  *****
  
  LIST OF LcW HACKERS ON AOL
  
  We represent LcW
  The following Hackers will be co-ordinating the Riot and hacking AOL's
  mainframe computer, and uploading viruses into the system.
  
  WaReZxHaCk
  MaGuS
  ReDxKiNG
  HaVoK
  SkiD
  SeMeN
  NoStRa
  PhoneTap
  InetXWeb
  Psy Acid
  PoiSon iV
  PaUsE
  CooLant
  InFeRnO
  XStatic
  Chronic Burn
  Zone Degreez
  WaTcHeR
  
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  AOL RIOT ON JUNE 1, 1998 - You have been warned LcW is taking over 
  America Online. This is not no f***ing joke either. You have been 
  warned.
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  Where f*** is a common vulgar expletive.
 

MSN ß®øöô¥ £.¼ Hacker List Threat

The ß®øöô¥ £.¼ Hackers list??? I can't spell it let alone pronounce it. No one has even heard 
of these guys and they are going to harm you in more than 10 ways if you don't pass this mail 
on. Sounds like some bozos with delusions of grandeur. They will instantly get a copy of every 
letter you mail out. Just how are they going to do this? If you don't address mail to them, they 
don't get a copy. It is just that simple. There is no magic way they get copies of every mail 
you send. 

Your Screen Name has Been Added to the ß®øöô¥ £.¼ Hackers List! 
Here is how we work. Because we master MSN, everytime this letter is sent out 
a copy is also instantly send to us. We then scan out all the names, and place
them on our hackers list. Once you send out this letter 10 times your name
again is instantly removed from our list. If this letter is not sent out exactly
45 minutes after you have opened it your name will not be able to be removed
from our hacking list. Here is what happened when your name is stuck on the
ß®øöô¥ £.¼ hackers list. 

-Your MSN Instant messenger password is pulled out
of MSN'S files. Stupidly MSN stores your password on a password access
website. We have cracked the password needed and have access to every
account except for MSN guides (cat guides). We gain your credit card number,
social security number, and home address.

-Your credit card information and home address is stored at the MSN site and
with that we can gain your social security number. Everytime you sign on
HOTMAIL, OR MSN INSTANT MESSENGER your account will be messed around with
and much, much more with the power of ß®øöô¥ £.¼ hackers.

-Don't believe this? We don't care at all because not following the
directions given will harm you in over 10 ways. All you have to do is send
this out to 10 people and you will never have to worry about this again. If
you receive this letter again after sending it out you don't need to send it
out again, because your name is not able to be put back on.

-Why are we doing this? It is to get back at MSN, and we are taking action.