Is AIM charging for its service??

Question

Dear:AIM USERs........ Because of our overloading of our servers, we are being forced to extract our non-active AIM users. Because this is a free service, AOL has exceeded the budget for the AIM service. We are asking that you send this exact message to 20 other AIM users to ensure us that you're an active AIM user. Our system tracking devise will pick up this message to keep you on our active list. You have 72 hours to complete this task or your service will be cancelled immediately. Starting January 1st, 2009, we will be charging a small fee for registering of a screen name for AIM. Thank you for your time and for using AOL or AIM.

My friend sent me this. Is it true? Did you get it?

Answer 1

I think its spam.

No, I didn't get it.

Answer 2

idk i hope not

Answer 3

Spam...it's just like the myspace bulletins saying "If you don't pass this on at 3 am a clown will jump from your ceiling and eat your face!"

AIM isn't charging.

Answer 4

No, it's a hoax -- and an old one -- that hoax has been around for five years:

Check out Snopes.com if you think you're being scammed:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/ove...

Answer 5

no i dont think so because ive had it for a while and they dont charge me and i never got that.

Answer 6

i would call aol and ask them about it.  the same rumor floated around about yahoo and it wasnt true

Answer 7

no i dont think so because i didnt get anything like that and i actually just installed aim on another comuter and it was still free. So no i just think someone is trying to pull something and some people were also syaing myspace wasnt going to be free anymore either but that was just also a rumor.

Answer 8

i didn't get it

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

i dont think that is true because if it was true then everyone that has an AIM screen name would of gotten an email that says something like that and i didnt get an email and i have an AIM screen name

Answer 11

your friend is lying cause i have 3 AIM accounts and all connected to my 1 email and if that were true i would have gotten 3 emails and i haven't.

Answer 12

Not true.

Answer 13

Its spam Darling. I've had the same thing so many times for MSN and Yahoo..