Re: [NONROC]bogus email chain letters

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

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Joshua Strait wrote:
> 
> >> > >Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive
> >> > >some type of humanitarian award. It says it all!
> >> > >
> >> > >*****
> >> > >
> >> > >1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is
> >>not
> >> > >giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There
> >>is
> >> > no
> >> > >baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is
> >>not
> >> > >part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV
> >>will
> >> > not
> >> > >give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people.
> >> > >
> >> > >You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's
> >>true."
> >> >
> >> > >Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations
> >> > back,
> >> > >that "we checked it out and it's legit," does not actually make it
> >>true.
> >> > >
> >> > >2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up
> >>in a
> >> >
> >> > >bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened
> >>to
> >> > >their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft ring
> >> > >stories, please see:
> >> > >http:urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
> >> > >  or
> >> > >http://ciacllnl.gov/ciac/ciachoaxes.html
> >> > >
> >> > >And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued
> >> > >requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell
> >> > their
> >> > >stories. None have." That's "none" as in "zero." Not even your
> >>friend's
> >> > >cousin.
> >> > >
> >> > >3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if
> >> > >they do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
> >> > >
> >> > >http:www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html
> >> > >
> >> > >Then, if you make the recipe, decide the cookies are that awesome,
> >>feel
> >> > >free to pass the recipe on.
> >> > >
> >> > >4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that
> >> > >went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think
> >> > >this information would reach the public via an AOL chainletter?
> >> > >
> >> > >5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever,
> >>ever
> >> > >forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first
> >>confirm
> >> > >that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with
> >> > viruses.
> >> > >Try:
> >> > >
> >> > >http:www.norton.com
> >> > >
> >> > >And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. And you cannot get a
> >> > virus
> >> > >from a flashing IM or email, you have to download . . . ya know, like,
> >>a
> >> > >FILE!
> >> > >
> >> > >6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
> >>
> >> > >headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
> >> > >
> >> > >7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off
> >>the
> >> > >"HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't
> >>care
> >> >
> >> > >enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser,
> >>since
> >> > >you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie
> >>Recipe
> >> > >anyway.
> >> > >(This one I personaly don't know how to do!! Turn of the "HTML'S" that
> >>
> >> > >is)..
> >> > >
> >> > >  8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message
> >> > from
> >> > >a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers
> >>
> >> > >showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months.  It
> >>sure
> >> > >wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the  "" that begin each line either.
> >>
> >> > >Besides, if it has gone around that many times
> >> > >we've probably already seen it
> >> > >
> >> > >9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not
> >>dying
> >> >
> >> > >of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to
> >>stop
> >> > >sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little
> >> > boy"
> >> > >either.
> >> > >
> >> > >10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine
> >>work,
> >> > >but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in
> >>response
> >> > to
> >> > >the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and
> >>reputation.
> >> >
> >> > >It is distracting them from the important work they do.
> >> > >
> >> > >11. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything
> >> > that
> >> > >"promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something
> >>bad
> >> > >will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.(when I see
> >> > something
> >> > >like the above I delete AND never even consider sending it out)
> >> > >
> >> > >12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding
> >> > are
> >> > >still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
> >> > >forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want
> >>to
> >> >
> >> > >help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch
> >>with
> >> >
> >> > >Amnesty International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail
> >> > >"signatures" are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with
> >> > >any power to do anything about whatever the competition is complaining
> >>
> >> > >about.
> >> > >
> >> > >(P.S. There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow
> >> > >long-distance companies to charge you for using the Internet.)
> >> > >
> >> > >Bottom Line . . . composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is
> >>as
> >> > >easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically
> >>
> >> > >believe it until it's proven false . . . ASSUME it's false, unless
> >>there
> >> > is
> >> > >proof that it's true.
> >> > >
> >> > >Forgot to include schools/classes doing "geology, genealogy, history,
> >> > >etc.,"  projects that just want your valid e-mail address (along with
> >>any
> >> >
> >> > >other information they can get). Most schools have an internet policy
> >> > that
> >> > >does not allow this type of spam, so if you get one, it is probably
> >>not
> >> > >from a school.
> >> > >
> >> > >Most (and by definition all) e-mail's that tell you to forward to "X
> >>#"
> >> > of
> >> > >others is spam/hoax. If they tell you to forward and reply, then you
> >>have
> >> >
> >> > >spam/hoax/fraud.
> >> > >It's the old 10 X 10 X 10 X 10 spam, you just add the zeros and you
> >>have
> >> > >the total hits, except most get hit several times.
> >> > >
> >> > >Just like genealogy, if you take all the births in the world in one
> >>year,
> >> >
> >> > >and go back a few (well several) generations. You will get to a
> >> > generation
> >> > >that has more people in it then ever existed in the world at one time
> >> > (like
> >> > >today). How? That's genealogy - that's why we keep running into the
> >>same
> >> > >ancestors.
> >> > >
> >> > >Manuel Flores
> >> > >
> >> > >PS from Elaine Macey
> >> > >
> >> > >If you send a message to several people, how about making those blind
> >> > >copies or suppress the recipients or however your programs allows so
> >>that
> >> >
> >> > >you dont distribute everyones e-mail address to everybody else. Thats
> >> > >another way that mailing lists develop. If you are forwarding a
> >>message
> >> > use
> >> > >copy and paste from your edit command so that only the main part of
> >>the
> >> > >message appears not all the routing and previous recipients.
> >> > >(This I do already.... thanks Elaine whoever you are )
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