Email hoax

Hoax is a deliberate action that tricks people to believe that something is true when it is not. Email hoaxes usually contain false information that ask the user to perform an “ emergency action “, like sending to as much user as they can, which make the spreading of the hoax more successful.

Unlike spam mail, hoaxes email is almost impossible to be filter. The only defense against e-mail hoaxes is just to ignore them. Any email that appears as thought It could not be true probably is not true.

Example of a email hoax:

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> >
> >> http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
> >>
>
> Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and
> >> they are gearing up for this virus!
> >> I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for
> >> real!!
> >> Get this E-mail message sent around to your
> >> contacts ASAP.
> >>
> >> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS,
> >> FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
> >>
> >> You should be alert during the next few days.
> >> Do not open any message with an attachment entitled
> >> 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent it
> >> to you.
> >>
> >> It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE,
> >> which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your
> >> computer.
> >>
> >> This virus will be received from someone who
> >> has your e-mail address in his/her contact list.
> >>
> >> This is the reason why you need to send this
> >> e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this
> >> message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
> >>
> >> If you receive a mail called'
> >> POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not
> >> open it! Shut down your computer immediately.
> >>
> >> This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It
> >> has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive
> >> virus ever.
> >>
> >> This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday,
> >> and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
> >>
> >> This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of
> >> the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
> >>
> >> COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
> >> REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US
> >>
> >> Snopes lists all the names it could come in.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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