Re: what the hek was that???
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: what the hek was that???
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:52:26 EDT
In a message dated 98-08-27 21:50:53 EDT, you write:
> thought that there would be some light shed on the chain letter sent from
> the Larues was that real or a hoax.............seemed too good to be true!!
>
The chain letter was one of the biggest hoaxes on the internet, I figured
everyone would already know that or I would have replied to it.
Some guy made it up to see how popular it would get and how much it would
spread around. There is no such thing as "email tracking" except the headers
that are IN the readable email. "Bill Gates Email tracking"? Puhlease....
This is the worst done sham I have ever seen. Walt Disney Jr.? I don't think
so.
That alone should tip anyone off. I can't beleive people actually fall for
this, (or the Neiman Marcus "cookie" story, or the Craig Shergold postacard
kid deal, etc.).
Anyway, it said
>compiled an e-mail tracing program that tracks everyone
>> > > > >> >>>to whom this message is forwarded to. It does this
>> > > > >> >>>through an unique IP (Internet Protocol) address log book
>> > > > database.
(AN unique? Hmm, Walt Jr. obviously didn't do well in grammer. Heh heh!)
Anyway IP addresses cannot be stored in any log file and sent to any third
party or anything like that when emails are sent. An email only goes to
whoever you send it to, there is no executable file or anything else that can
store information (or cause a virus, etc. Another scam is going around telling
people if they open an email with a certain subject, they will get a virus!
Not quite. You would have to download a FILE on your computer system and RUN
it, or download a DOC file with an embedded trojan and view it, etc. You can't
get anything by READING an email).
>We are experimenting with this and need your help.
Uh huh....
>> > Forward
>> > > > this
>> > > > >> to
>> > > > >> >>everyone > you know and if it reaches 13,000 people, 1,300
>> > of
>> > > > the
>> > > > >> people =
>> > > > >> >on
>> > > > >> >>the >list will receive $5,000, and the rest will receive a
>> > > free
>> > > > trip
>> > > > >> for
>> > > > >> >>two
>> > > > >> >>>to Disney World for one week during the summer of 1999
>> > > > >> >>>at our expense. Enjoy.
Yeah, you will get the money one week from never. Ha ha! I like the part where
the one guy said he called Disney his "own d*mn self" and found out it was
true. It was the same guy who made it up. Trust me, if anyone called Disney
and asked about a Walt Disney Jr., they would be laughed off the phone before
they could ask anything else. This has got to be one of the stupidest chain
emails I have ever seen!
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