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Advice from
Snopes
Here is a nice
little tidbit of
information that
came my way this
morning,
so if any of you
are wondering
why I won't
return something
to you that said
something like
'if I don't get
this back
I'll....or, 'See
how many flowers
or hugs you can
get back', or
'Forward this to
10 people in the
next 5
mins. or
something bad
will happen to
you', etc.
The following is
why I will not
send them back.
1) Any time
you see an
E-Mail that says
forward this on
to '10' of your
friends, or sign
this petition,
or you'll get
bad luck, good
luck, or
whatever, it
almost always
has an E-Mail
tracker program
attached that
tracks the
cookies and
E-Mails of those
folks you
forward to.
The host
sender is
getting a copy
each time it
gets forwarded
and then is
able to get
lists of
'active' E-Mails
to use in SPAM
E-Mails, or sell
to
other spammers.
2) Almost
all E-Mails that
ask you to add
your name and
forward on to
others are
similar to that
mass letter
years ago that
asked people to
send
business cards
to the little
kid in Florida
who wanted to
break the
Guinness
Book of Records
for the most
cards.
All it was,
and all any of
this type of
E-Mail is, is a
way to get names
and 'cookie '
tracking
information for
telemarketers
and spammers - -
to
validate active
E-Mail accounts
for their own
profitable
purposes.
You can do
your friends and
family members a
GREAT favor
(PLEASE) by
sending this
information to
them; you will
be
providing a
service to your
friends, and
will be rewarded
by not getting
thousands of
spam E-Mails in
the future!
If you have
been sending out
(FORWARDING) the
above kinds of
E-Mail, now
you know why you
get so much
SPAM!
Do yourself
a favor and STOP
adding your
name(s) to those
types of
listings
regardless how
inviting they
might sound!
You may think
you are
supporting a
GREAT cause, but
you are NOT in
the long
run. Instead,
you will be
getting tons of
junk
mail later!
Plus, we are
helping the
spammers get
rich! Let's
don't make it
easy for them!
Also: E-Mail
petitions are
NOT acceptable
to Congress or
any other
organization.
To be
acceptable,
petitions must
have a
signed signature
and full address
of the person
signing the
petition. Make
a hard copy and
sign and MAIL by
US mail.
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