if we dont verify this on this kind of site who do we verify it with I had no
reason to believe it was a hoax as it was sent to me by my sister but i will be
aware of this next time




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From: andyrichards40 <andyrichards40@...>
To: scip-discussion@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 16:23:34
Subject: [SCIP] Re: Fw: Please inform everyone


Just don't forward these sorts of emails. When they tell you
to "forward to your whole address book" or to "tell everyone", they
are almost always hoaxes. Use one of the sites recommended by David,
or just google "virus hoaxes" to check it out.

Andy

--- In scip-discussion@ yahoogroups. com, "David Botibol"
<david.scip@ ...> wrote:
>
> Before forwarding virus warnings and similar, it is a
politeness
> to check that they aren't hoaxes.
>
> The email forwarded from the account of Susi Maxwell-Stewart
> does appear to be a blatant hoax. A web search quickly reveals that
> it is not new, and has previously been dismissed. If you want to
> verify that, look at
> http://www.hoax- slayer.com/ bin-laden- captured. html or
> http://www.virusbtn .com/resources/ hoaxes/osama_ bin_laden. xml or
> http://www.cybertop cops.com/ olympic-torch- virus-hoax. php . I
imagine
> that Susie is unaware that her email account has been used to
> propagate a hoax.
>
> Forwarding the email to others would appear to increase the
> waste of time and resources that the perpetrator wants. Such
> forwarding is usually best avoided. In this case the forwarding
> exposed a number of private email addresses and therefore increased
> the risk of them falling victim to spam.
>
> How might people be persuaded to refrain from forwarding such
> emails?
>
> David
>
>
> --- In scip-discussion@ yahoogroups. com, Susi Maxwell-Stewart
> <susioddball2k@ > wrote:
> >
> >
>
> ...
>
> >
> >
> > Subject: Fwd: FW: Please inform everyone
>






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