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Facebook Hoax

By , About.com GuideDecember 19, 2007

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"Facebook is recently becoming very overpopulated," begins an urgent message purportedly signed by company founder Mark Zuckerberg. "There have been many members complaining that Facebook is becoming very slow."

What's the supposed solution? Recipients must pass the message along to other users within two weeks to prove they're still active members, otherwise their accounts will be deleted to make room for more.

True or false?

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December 20, 2007 at 1:46 am
(1) Tiller says:

It’s false. The sole method of forwarding this message, and to the best of my knowledge the original place it was posted is a facebook application known as Funwall, developed by Slide Inc., not Facebook.

February 5, 2008 at 8:23 am
(2) Stan Smith says:

This is definatly a fake, I dont even need to explain my justification.

October 30, 2008 at 2:04 am
(3) Bjorn says:

Well this message started to come to me 2weeks ago,i knew it was a fake,but now when i try to log in,it says SORRY YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED

February 11, 2009 at 1:25 pm
(4) netmonk says:

Yeah, right!

February 23, 2009 at 4:44 pm
(5) shadow says:

yeah, right, facebooks only concern is to maintain it’s users by forcing them to spam their friend’s inboxes

March 27, 2009 at 8:15 am
(6) mk22 says:

So send the e-mail to FB if you receive it

November 26, 2009 at 10:19 am
(7) jbgale2 says:

It’s making the rounds again. Just received it from niece in CA. Was suspicious because I hadn’t received it myself.

February 3, 2010 at 9:23 am
(8) sherri says:

New on Facebook. Is it real or a hoax/??

ATTENTION FARMVILLE USERS: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STEALING OUR COLLECTIONS AND EGGS BY USING AUTOMATION LABS. PLEASE CHECK YOUR FACEBOOK SETTINGS IMMEDIATELY. GO TO SETTINGS/PRIVACY SETTINGS/BLOCK LIST AND TYPE IN “AUTOMATION LABS”. PEOPLE YOU NEVER HEARD OF WILL POP UP. THESE PEOPLE ARE COLLECTING FROM YOUR POSTINGS. I had to block 25 names.

February 4, 2010 at 3:43 pm
(9) Eirc says:

sherri- i play Fv & tried that & didn’t get any results, however, a similar message I got saying to type “automation log” & you get a list of people hacking your fb…. everyone who does it gets this guy named Phau Soon Hock

March 23, 2010 at 1:07 pm
(10) Mitch says:

Don’t worry about the “Automation Labs” – it’s a Fake Rumour to get people to block people affiliated with Automation Labs, not actually hackers or anything like that!

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