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Gently inform a loved one that forwarding hoaxes and chain letters is a waste of everyone’s time.

I just got this. Get it to everyone fast as possible!

>> Important! Pass it on....
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>>> THIS IS NOT A JOKE! I confirmed it on Snope!!!! Please forward this
>>> to everyone you know! In order to reach us mroe quickly the
>>> government chose to release this message in e-mail form and you are
>>> lucky to get it! The major news sources will not air this story until
>>> tomorrow.
>>> Rick
>>>

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>>>>
>>>> Washington, D.C. - The President has just declared a state of
>>>> emergency due to the proliferation of a dangerous new strain of
>>>> e-mail virus. Now believed to have been created by Iranian
>>>> terrorists, the Scientific Advisory Panel concluded that the virus
>>>> is now included in every hoax and chain letter circulated on the
>>>> Internet. The content of these messages are believed to cause
>>>> temporary hypnosis, placing the reader in a zombie-like state, in
>>>> order to coerce the victim to redistribute the message without
>>>> investigating its veracity or utility. Victims in quarantine were
>>>> observed infecting dozens more colleagues and family members, in
>>>> each case exposing the private e-mail addresses of all past victims.
>>>> Due to the virus's logarithmic growth, estimators have estimated
>>>> loss of time alone in the billions of American-hours.
>>>>
>>>> Research found that with each new victim the message grew in length.
>>>> The President stated the many right brackets and exclamation points
>>>> in the messages add to their "hypnoticness" and urged Americans to
>>>> look out for these signs and delete the dangerous messages
>>>> immediately. Also released was the Internet address of a new
>>>> government site informing the public of five new US laws enacted by
>>>> Congress yesterday regarding future handling of e-mail:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.netmanners.com/5-rules-for-forwarding-email.html
>>>>
>>>> All Americans are urged to visit the above sight and be on the
>>>> lookout for any suspicious messages.
>>>>
>>>> White House staff
>>>> Official US governement
>>>>
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That URL again is http://www.netmanners.com/5-rules-for-forwarding-email.html.