[citw150] CITW 150 L3 Q4 Internet Hoax
- From: Tracyschoch@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:23:12 EDT
Tracy Schoch
10/03/2005
CITW 150 L3 Q4
1. Tell your classmates an interesting (or upsetting) Internet virus,
hoax or spam you found out about by visiting one of the sites listed in this
exercise. Send it to your classmates via the listserv. Use the subject line
CITW 150 L3 Q 4. Be sure to include the full URL.
The Internet hoax that I decided to talk to my classmates about was the one
titled âAre UPS Uniforms Being Bought by Terrorists?â In this article
that
I found through _http://www.scambusters.com/_ (http://www.scambusters.com/)
It mentioned that emails were being distributed since June of 2003 claiming a
large volume of UPS uniforms were sold on eBay to a unknown buyer. In the
emails the author claims that these uniforms ($32,000 worth) are being used by
Al Qaeda members to impersonate UPS workers for committing terrorist acts on
the United States people. This little write up said that sometimes this
email comes signed by a supposed Department of Homeland Security official.
All of which are confirmed to be nothing more than hoaxes.
If you are interested to read more about this topic, please see click the
link below to be directed to the appropriate article.
_http://www.scambusters.com/urban-legends/ups.html_
(http://www.scambusters.com/urban-legends/ups.html)
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