Free M&M's Year 2000 Urban Legend

This, of course, has been confirmed as a hoax. It first appeared in the summer of 1999

This is an Email Hoax. If you receive this message delete it and do not forward it. Forwarding these types of hoaxes only serve to propagate misinformation.

Subject: Have some fun-this is not a hoax.

Hi. My name is Jeffrey Newieb. I am a marketing analyst for M & Ms chocolate candies based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

As the year 2000 approaches, we want to be the candy of the millenium - As you may already know, the roman numeral for Y2K is MM. We are asking you to pass on this e-mail to 5 friends. Our tracking device is calculating how many e-mails you send out. Everytime it reaches 2000 people, you will receive a free case (100 individual 55 gram packs) of delicious M & M candies.

That means the more people it reaches, the more candy you're going to get. Mmmmmm... yummy M & Ms for the year 2000!! Remember, nothing but bad luck will come your way if you do not share this with at least 5 people!