You can probably do a search here for "hoax" and get the link to one of the virus hoax sites. If you do it right, you might be able to share the link with your relatives to calm them down.

PF

>Hi Larry,
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>>When I used to get the ones about AOL and MS paying you to forward emails I would reply to the whole list (with a different email address!) and tell them that I just received $12,340 from MS last week.
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>ROFL! Good one! I'll have to use that next time :)
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>>I think I lost 2 friends because knowing how smart they are I couldn't believe that they'd fall for this and told them so and asked them to drop me from their address books if this is all I'll be getting from them.
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>These are my wife's cousins so I have to be gentle
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>>if you want to send these people a REAL virus, let me know.
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>No thanks, but sometimes I feel like it!
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>>Alex