I hate chain emails

i noe i sound like a broken record but i absolutely hate chain emails and email hoaxes.

they prey on our 'good intent' or our fear of repercussion if we don't flood our friends' inboxes wif these email hoaxes.

i juz got the msn hoax email and as usual, i replied to the entire email chain informing them of the hoax.

before u hit the send button, pls ask urself :
"are we juz victims if tis turns out to b a scam or unknowing accomplices by helping to spread the msg??"

thus i do not forward such msgs unless i haf verified the emails or my frens are endorsing the contents of the msg or the original sender.

being a kind soul doesn't mean u should b passing on msgs tat may not be true without taking any responsibility

in tis instance, i noe the person hoo forwarded the mail has tried to verify the authencity of it and is a victim herself. tis is exactly wat the prankster had in mind.
by giving a link to a credible source, it gains the trust of the recipients who continue the chain wif all good intent.

one quick way to spot a scam is to do a search at anti virus websites eg.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailscams/index.htm

they usually haf beli up-to-date info abt scams and hoaxes