Hoaxes, Chain Mail, and Urban Legends

Even when I was a rookie at this email and internet thing I was always skeptical about emails I had received back then. I couldn't fathom the idea that a corporation would send me money for doing nothing.

As I started getting wiser with the technology I found that people out there must be really bored. I say this because there are tons of creative emails out there that just shock the hell out of me. You know which emails I'm talking about.

There was that Microsoft email that you had to forward to at least 10 people and you would get money back from Bill Gates himself. Then there was the Yahoo email that the president of Yahoo supposedly sent and if you didn't forward it to like 100 people your email account would be closed.

To this day now, people still fall for that kind of stuff. I like how I always get those emails and the sender will usually say "I know this is probably not true, but what the hell...I'll try just in case".

Let's get this clear people. There are NO ways for any company out there to be able to track the emails YOU send. The only people who can track that are your IT Admin (inside your corporate company) or your Internet Service Provider (if you use their mail). Why are you guys so gullible? Is it the notion that you can get money for nothing?

I've always lived by this motto "if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is". I cannot tell you how many times that has applied to these emails and it's usually true. What's the big deal if you send these out to everyone in your address book? Well, by now you should have a kazillion other SPAM emails in your inbox and frankly going through one of these is just wrong.

Let's not forget the emails that say "don't break this chain or you will have bad luck for the rest of your life". Really? An email can give me bad luck? Are YOU kidding me? So the next time you get one of those emails, don't forward it to all your friends, instead go to the link below and forward that to them.

I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it, and so will they.

Response to your annoying chain email friends