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The following is an example of an email forwarding hoax.
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Hi. My name is Jeffrey Newieb. I am a marketing analyst for M &Ms
chocolate candies based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. As the year 2000
approaches, we want to be the candy of the millenium. As you may
already know, the roman numeral for Y2K is MM. We are asking you to
pass on this e-mail to 5 friends. Our tracking device iscalculating
how many e-mails you send out. Everytime it reaches 2000 people, you
will receive a free case (100 individual 55 gram packs) of delicious M
& M candies. That means the more people it reaches, the more candy
you're going to get. Mmmmmm... yummy M & Ms for the year 2000!!
Comment: They melt in your mouth, not in your computer.
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The following is an example of an email forwarding hoax.
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DEAR OLD NAVY SHOPPER,
I AM LAURA THIMIS, THE FOUNDER OF OLD NAVY. AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS
BEEN SOME PRMOTION THINGS GOING ON WITH ABERCROMBIEANDFITCH AND THE
GAP. NOW I WANT TO BE PART OF THE INTERNET PRMOTION "GIG". FOR EVERY
10 PEOPLE THAT YOU SEND THIS TO, YOU GET A FREE $25.00 GIFT CARD FOR
ANY OLD NAVY STORE, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, FROM THE U S A TO CHINA,
FROM ICELAND TO PARIS!! MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND THIS TO LOTS AND LOTS
AND LOTS OF PEOPLE!!!! AFTER YOU SEND THIS TO AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE, YOU
WILL RECIVE YOUR FREE OLD NAVY GIFT CARD IN 2-4 WEEKS!!!! WATCH THE
MAIL!!!!!!!!
Comment: Distrust anything written with an excessive amount of exclamation points AND IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
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