With some regularity, everyone receives in our inbox some e-mails sent by someone they know where they try to warn you against some kind of really dangerous virus or asking for collaboration in a project to help a poor kid,…
These e-mails are known as hoaxes and, although they are send with a good intention, they are almost always false, a kind of urban legend spread through Internet.
You can spot this kind of e-mails because they say you will have a big loss if you don’t forward them, they are not signed, they promise some presents from a company or offer some difficult to believe information.
Some examples of these kind of messages:
- The Make A Wish Foundation, has agreed to donate 7 cents evertime this message is sent on.
- If you forward it to 20 friends, you will receive the brand new Ericsson R320 WAP-phone.
- DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE NOR NORTON CAN DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST. IT WILL BE TO LATE THEN. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!
These e-mails have all been extracted from Break the chain, a site dedicated to recopilating them, so you can know if an e-mail you receive is a hoax or not.
You should never forward this letters to your friends, because they are very annoying, clutter up your inbox and many times, they can be used to get e-mail addresses to spam them. If your friends send them to you, you should tell them not to do it and why is it bad, redirecting them to Break the chain if necessary.
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