Forward About Hoaxes

HomeFunplexHoax Emails

Email Facts Of Life

1. Big companies don't do business via chain letter. 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. You can relax; there is no need
to pass it on "just in case it's true". Furthermore, just because someone
said in the 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 hellbent on believing the kidney-theft ring stories, please
see: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
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. We all know all 500 ways to drive your roommates crazy, irritate
co-workers and creep out people on an elevator. We also know exactly how many
engineers, college students, Usenet posters and people from each and every
world ethnicity it takes to change a lightbulb

5. Even 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 chain-letter?

6. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever
forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm it
at an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with virii. Try:
http://www.norton.com . And even then, don't forward it. We don't care.

7. If your CC: list is regularly longer than the actual content of your
message, you're probably going to Hell.

8. 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.

9. 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. Besides, if it has gone
around that many times - I've probably already seen it.

10. Craig Shergold 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 also no longer a "little boy" either.

More Hoax Emails

  1. [page] "David ""Darren"" Bucklew S Threatening Liver"
  2. [page] "Disney Hoax, Part 2"
  3. [page] "Frog In Blender, Fish In Bowl Hoax"
  4. [page] "Jane Fonda, Hanoi Jane"
  5. [page] 16 Reasons Why People Luv U
  6. [page] 809 Phone Scam (Mostly True)
  7. [page] 90# Semi-Hoax
  8. [page] AIDS Virus
  9. [page] AOL Buddy List Hoax
  10. [page] AOL Instant Messanger Hoax
  11. [page] AOL Rates
  12. [page] AOL And Intel Hoax
  13. [page] AOL And Microsoft Hoax
  14. [page] Abercromie And Fitch Hoax
  15. [page] Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Hoax
  16. [page] Amanda Bundy Cancer Letter
  17. [page] Amy Bruce Cancer Hoax
  18. [page] Anna Cohen Heart Problems Hoax
  19. [page] Austin Powers Video Hoax
  20. [page] Backseat Killings And Ankle Slashers
  21. [page] Bananas From Costa Rica
  22. [page] Bath And Body Works Hoax
  23. [page] Braedon Hembree Hoax
  24. [page] Breast Cancer And Anti-perspirants
  25. [page] Budweiser Frogs Hoax
  26. [page] Celcom Virus Hoax
  27. [page] Celebrity ScreenNames
  28. [page] Coca-Cola For Free Hoax
  29. [page] Cocaine Baby Stuffers
  30. [page] Congress To Allow E-Mail Charges
  31. [page] Copeland S Racism Hoax
  32. [page] Cracker Barrel Hoax
  33. [page] Craig Shergold
  34. [page] Crazy70707 Hoax
  35. [page] Curt Beerman With Son Hit By Car
  36. [page] Dancing Coke Cans
  37. [page] Dave Matthews Hoax
  38. [page] David Lawitts Cancer
  39. [page] Disney And Microsoft Hoax
  40. [page] Dying Wish
  41. [page] E-Mail Charges
  42. [page] E-Mail Rates
  43. [page] E-Mail Tracking Hoax
  44. [page] E-mail This Letter And See A Video
  45. [page] Ericsson Phone Hoax
  46. [page] Fabreze Hoax
  47. [page] Female Assault Ploy At Tuttle Mall
  48. [page] Female Assault Ploys
  49. [page] Forward About Hoaxes
  50. [page] Free Nike
  51. [page] Gas Out Update
  52. [page] Gas Pumps With Hypodermic Needles
  53. [page] Gay Jesus Movie
  54. [page] Gel Candles
  55. [page] Gry Riddle
  56. [page] Guinness Book Of Records Letter
  57. [page] HIV Needles Hoax
  58. [page] Hillary Clinton And The Black Panthers
  59. [page] Honda Hoax
  60. [page] Hotmail Hoax
  61. [page] How To Give A Cat A Colonic Hoax
  62. [page] How To Survive A Heart Attack While Alone
  63. [page] IBM Free Computer Hoax
  64. [page] IM Password Stealing KoocheyMan69 Hoax
  65. [page] It Takes Guts To Say Jesus Hoax
  66. [page] Jerry S Kids
  67. [page] Katie Relek Dying Child Hoax
  68. [page] Kentucky Fried Chicken Genetic Manipulation Hoax
  69. [page] Klingerman Virus
  70. [page] LSD And Strychnine On Telephones
  71. [page] Lump Of Coal Virus
  72. [page] M & M E-Mail Tracking
  73. [page] Madeline Murray O Hare Petition To Ban Religious Programming
  74. [page] Marilyn Manson Hoax
  75. [page] McDonalds Hypodermic Needle Hoax
  76. [page] Mercy Hospital
  77. [page] Microwaving Water To Boil
  78. [page] NPR Petition
  79. [page] Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe
  80. [page] Newell Hoax
  81. [page] Old Navy Hoax
  82. [page] Palm Pilot Credit Card Scam
  83. [page] Perfume Robber
  84. [page] Picnic Word Origins
  85. [page] Pretty Park (Not A Hoax)
  86. [page] Procter & Gamble Satanism Hoax
  87. [page] Quiz With No Key
  88. [page] Rachael Arlington Hoax
  89. [page] Rat Urine Deaths
  90. [page] Rat Urine On Soda Cans Hoax
  91. [page] Remembering The Holocaust
  92. [page] Sandman Virus Hoax
  93. [page] Save The Horses
  94. [page] Schmidt Kidnapping
  95. [page] Senators And Social Security
  96. [page] Slow Dance Cancer
  97. [page] Snail Animation
  98. [page] Solidarieta Con Brian
  99. [page] South Park Video Hoax
  100. [page] Spider Hoax
  101. [page] Spunkball
  102. [page] Summer Money
  103. [page] Sunscreen Blinding Hoax
  104. [page] Taco Bell Dog
  105. [page] Taco Bell Roach Egg Hoax
  106. [page] Tamara Martin Cancer Hoax
  107. [page] Tariq Hafeez Hoax
  108. [page] The Gap Hoax
  109. [page] The Great Gas Out: Part II
  110. [page] Timothy Flyte S Threatening Liver
  111. [page] Tommy Hilfiger Petition
  112. [page] Tragedy
  113. [page] Victoria S Secret Hoax
  114. [page] Video Clip Hoax
  115. [page] Win A Holiday
  116. [page] Wobbler Virus Hoax
  117. [page] Woody Gipedo Hoax
  118. [page] IWon Hoax