Hacker alert


I received an email from a friend giving the following warning. Is the following a real event or am I being spoofed?

 

This is no Joke 

If a person called Simon Ashton (simon25@hotmail.co.uk) contacts you through email dont open the message Delete it he is a hacker!!

 

Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds him then you will get him on your list. He will figure out your ID computer address  … etc it goes on to explain what happens and anti virus cant stop it. Is Norton on to this?

 

It goes on for 3 paragraphs but when I cut and paste error message connot exceed 20,000 ccharacters comes up on this site so I am suspicious.