[bookport] Re: OT: New virus warning!
- From: "Deborah Mayne" <dlmayne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:10:00 -0400
On 4/27/07, Mark Lee <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the info. I'll bookmark the sites and be aware of anything like
this from now on.
Regards,
Mark Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:37 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: OT: New virus warning!
> Mark, it's a good lesson, and is a part of your Internet Education.
> First of all, did you ghear of this terrible thing anywhere else? CNN?
> Evening news? talk shows? Wonder why not if it will cause terrible
> damage?
> 2. It uses compeeting businesses to claim it's credibility.
> 3. It gets you in all good conscience to spread the message to everybody
> you know.
> There by making a fool out of you, and keeping the hoax going.
> Here is a great resource to check out any story.
> http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp
> and another one
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&;
> Or
> http://www.netsquirrel.com/
>
>
Hi all! There were 2 things in this piece that
screamed 'hoax'! First, the grammar of the message implied that it was
written by someone who spoke English as a second language.
I'm thinking of those Viagra spams. The other
give-away is the line "Send this to everyone you
know", or words similar.Bruce was right on this one! Deb
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