INTERNET HOAXES

INTERNET HOAXES
Don't be conned by hoax emails etc :- here is a site that exposes the fakes. http://cluestick.me.uk/hoax/ If you know of any others, list them here. Regards Cliff wtf

Here is another site about so called Urban Legends and Myths etc http://urbanlegends.about.com/ Some of the stories are good for a laugh - not that I believed any of the myths in the first place :oops: :?

Telstra 90# Hoax
TELSTRA 90# Hoax This one has been around for years in one form or another. If you get an email asking you to forward it on - just dump it instead. (4) Further information can be found here :- http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nine-zero-hash-hoax.html

Yes for us new to the computer its hard for us to sort the shit from the clay and now i delete same as quick as they come in. It's a learning thing for me and I'm getting better there are some dicks out there with stuff all better to do with their time and unfortunately they have access to a computer .

This one has resurfaced again - just delete it if you receive an offer for a free laptop. Here are some hoax details courtesy of Snopes Hoax Busting Website and Urban Legends :- http://urbanlegends.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=ericsson% Ericsson 'Free Laptop' Hoax By David Emery, About.com .See More About:phony freebieschain lettersemail hoaxesUrban Legends Ads Urban Legends Hoax Snopes Hoax Myths Snopes KFC Snopes Website Netlore Archive: Email chain letter claims phone manufacturer Ericsson will give away free laptop computers to those who forward the message to at least eight people Description: Email hoax Circulating since: Feb. 2007 (this version) Status: False Email example contributed by Yvonne H., 27 February 2007: Fwd: FREE Laptops!... The Ericsson Company is distributing free computer Lap-tops in an attempt to match Nokia that has already done so. Ericsson hopes to increase its popularity this way. For this reason, they are giving away the new WAP laptops. All you need to do to qualify is to send this mail to 8 people you know. Within 2 weeks, you will receive EricssonT18. But if you can send it to 20 people or more, you will receive Ericsson R320. Make sure to send a copy to: anna.swelung@ericsson.com -------------------- Comments: Here's a chain letter that doesn't even make sense on the face of it. The Ericsson Company is distributing free computer laptops in an attempt to match Nokia that has already done so. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but Nokia has never distributed free laptop computers to email forwarders. Nor are they ever likely to do so. All you need to do to qualify is to send this mail to 8 people you know. Within 2 weeks, you will receive Ericsson T18. Sounds easy and tempting enough, but the Ericsson T18 is a cell phone, not a computer. Moreover, it's a discontinued model. But if you can send it to 20 people or more, you will receive Ericsson R320. Again, it's a cell phone, not a computer. And discontinued to boot. What gives? The above text is slightly revised version of a 7-year-old hoax promising free phones to email forwarders. Though the phrase "computer laptops" has been inserted to reel in more suckers, the anonymous prankster who revised the message didn't even bother to change the names of the "free" items. The email address to which copies of the forwarded message are to be sent, anna.swelung@ericsson.com, is a corruption of the one given in the original (anna.swelund@ericsson.com), which was never valid in the first place

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