[NONROC]bogus email chain letters

["Joshua Strait" <joshua13s@hotmail.com>]

>> > >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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