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 occasions. 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 what's 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 ... 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 coordinating 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
AOL RIOT ON JUNE 1, 1998 -- You have been warned
LcW is taking over America Online.
This is no (expletive) joke either.
You have been warned.