hoax

Received this in my mail today (from a friend) , don't know
if its genuine or not but forearmed and all that.

pmj...

Yep, definitely.

Worth bearing in mind

pmj...

Yep - It's always a good idea to be wary of anything that comes
in unsolicited, claiming to be some kind of "Warning"...

pmj...

Which *immediately* should make people stop & think carefully about
whether it's justy yet another Hoax type eMail.

pmj...

Well, *everybody* should (as a matter of course) be "extremely careful",
anyway, when using Internet Mail!!! - Shouldn't they?...

pmj...

Well...
*Any* kind of Internet eMail can be used for propagating Hoaxes
(as well as viruses & other Malware), can't it?

But it's odd (or is it?) that it *does* (very often) tend to be
people who use things like Yahoo, Hotmail & AOL etc, who are often
the very people who frequently Send these sort of Hoaxes around,
to all their mates (cos it's so easy to Forward eMails) thus
propagating & perpetuating them even more!

pmj...

Oh, oh!...

No doubt at this pointy, they're going t omention some big,
well-known, famous Computer/Internet Company?
So as to try to make it sound more "Authoritative"?...

pmj...

Yep!!!
Just as expected.
So, at this point, (if not before), it goes straight in the Bin,
no need to Read it any further.

pmj...

Yep.
Good idea!
:-)

Whatever else it says is irrelevant, so there's not a lot of point
in quoting any of it, other than to point out yet more (easily
recognisable) characteristics of a typical "Round Robin" Circular,
Multi-Forwarded type Hoax email.

pmj...

Yep, it's always a good idea to check up for yourself, when you
et something like this.

pmj...

Thanks for the Warning!!!
:-)

Oh!
I almost forgot!...
Did it have a bit (near the end, prolly in Capitals), saying that
everybody should Forward it on to all their Contacts?
:-)

Wally...

It did, don't they all ?? :o))

Wally