[cisb102sp04] Bad Guy - Hoax
- From: "Debbie Jackson" <walkerlynn37@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cisb102sp04" <cisb102sp04@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:53:04 -0500
I chose the "Scare Chains" hoax to write about. These are e-mail hoaxes that
claim to be a warning for women. They talk about incidents of women being
attacked in the same form. The one I remember well is the "bad guy in the
backseat." I remember this well because I believed it and took great
precaution (which wasn't necessarily a bad thing) because of it. The "Bad Guy"
hoax tells of women who stopped to purchase gas and a man would slip into
their backseat. The story sounded plausible. I used to receive at least three
of these types of emails a year. Although these messages are hoaxes and
annoying, the precautions women were asked to take was good advice. The
website at http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBScareChains.shtml#backseat is a great
source of information on these types of hoaxes.
D. Lynn Walker
walkerlynn37@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"To ask a hard question is simple," W. H. Auden
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