Unchained Hoaxes
Posted by mike on May 9th, 2007
Ok… so you got an email today, passed along from your wife’s Aunt’s cousin’s brother. You know it originated from Bill Gates and Walt Disney, Jr., because you can see their email addresses on the original message. And since the person who passed it to you is someone you trust, then surely this must be for real! So why not pass it along? After all, they wouldn’t just say that they are working on an email tracking system with AOL if it weren’t true, right? They could get sued for that!!
Well, maybe you’re a skeptic. You know, you’ve passed those along before and you never did get your free copy of Windows Me, the all-expenses-paid trip to Disney, or free Internet access for a year. So you’re not going to pass it along just yet. BUT… this picture of the dog that’s as big as a horse MUST be real! The camera can’t lie like that!! Besides, it came from your middle-school girlfriend’s sister!
Before you click “forward” and send it to everyone in your address book, read this article about the The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks. It’s interesting, informative, and funny when you think about it. Have fun!
Oh, and I’ll be passing along that email about the moon landing soon… they can’t fool me!!