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Email Hoaxes May Have You Fooled

In this latest article, I'm going to talkforward the email to 10 people. That'd give
about email hoaxes that get sent around likeyou $2,450. So far, that sounds pretty
old  fashioned  chain  letters.believable. After all, Bill Gates is one of
the  richest  people  in  the  world.
I recently got an email from a client who
forwarded a message on to me and I don't knowBut if those people each sent it to 10 more
how  many  other  people.  The  subject  was:people, that would be 100 more people Bill
would have to pay $245 for. So now the total
"Fwd: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOODis something like $245,000. But hey, Bill can
MORNING  AMERICA  TODAYSHOW"still  afford  that!
In the message it talked about how Bill GatesBut if those 100 people then sent it on to
was testing out a new "email trackinganother 10 people each. That's another 1,000
program" and that he wanted you to forwardnew people Bill would have to shell out $245
the message on to as many people as youeach for. So suddenly the total is (I think
could, supposedly to keep people from-- this is a lot of zeros and my calculator
switching away from using Internet Exploreris starting to smoke) $245,000,000! Even Bill
(which is a very good idea by the way -- andGates would have to think about it before
is something I talk about on my specialwriting a check that big, at least when he's
report "5 Common Computer Mistakes and How tonot  really  getting  anything  out  of  it.
Avoid Making Them Yourself" -- but how
forwarding the email to a bunch of peopleAnd if that 1,000 people each sent it to
would stop people from doing this is beyondanother ten, well, the number is too big to
me).fit on my calculator's screen. And it's more
money than even Bill Gates has, and we all
In exchange for forwarding the email, Billknow  he's  a  billionaire!
would supposedly send you up to $245 for
every person you sent it to, and even pay youSo applying a little common sense to these
for the people that it got sent to afterthings can go a long way to keep you from
that!getting fooled. Of course, there's no real
risk in the Bill Gates hoax, or any of the
It sounds nice, and the email throws around adozens of variations that have floated around
lot of important sounding names like Billthe Internet since 1997 when a bored college
Gates & Microsoft, AOL, and others, and talksstudent  dreamed  up  the  original.
about how "my brother's girlfriend" got a
check, and other details that are there toBut the same tactics are used by scammers out
help  convince  people.to get your money, like the Nigerian 419
scams or phishing scams, which have cost a
But  of  course,  it's  all  a  big  hoax.lot of people a hell of a lot of money. Those
scams come through email too, and are a lot
If you sit down with a calculator, it'sworse than the harmless prank I just told you
pretty easy to figure it out. Let's say youabout.



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