Real or just another scam!?!

[SamuraiY]

If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't.

never fails.

 

[Silver Moon]

If it's sent by a member of my family, it's a scam. They mean well, bless them, but they really don't get it sometimes.

Sound like one of Kriskraft's sisters.

 

[Knightfall]

Your rules are good Merak. Mine are simpler. If it's sent by a member of my family, it's a scam. They mean well, bless them, but they really don't get it sometimes.

You know, I've tried to convince my mother NOT to send me this stuff but she just doesn't get it. I tell her, it's a hoax, it's not real, and all she says is 'oh, you're just being a pessimist'.

And I'm like 'no, I asked around online. It's fake.'

And she's like 'oh sorry, I'll check next time.'

And then it starts all over again. Ugh.

I love her and all but sometimes I wish my mother had never bought her computer.

Later,

KF72

 

[Krug]

scamola

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Knightfall, I've taken to send people an email something like this:

"That email is a hoax. Before forwarding emails like that, it's always a good idea to head over to www.snopes.com and check to see whether the email is a scam or not. Otherwise, you're just helping the scammers out."

I'll send them the same email over and over until they take the hint.

Daniel

This is EXACTLY what I do too. Snopes is a great resource for proving to your acquaintances that they are hopelessly gullible

But I take it a step further - If they keep doing this to me, I "reply all" with the message the third time.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Knightfall, I've taken to send people an email something like this:

"That email is a hoax. Before forwarding emails like that, it's always a good idea to head over to www.snopes.com and check to see whether the email is a scam or not. Otherwise, you're just helping the scammers out."

I'll send them the same email over and over until they take the hint.

Daniel

I don't hint, it leaves room for interpretation. I usually say something resembling:

"I've told you time and again not to send me this bull! It's not funny, it's not clever, and it's not true! Do not ever FORWARD me anything. Thanks.

 

[jdavis]

Yea this one is so old it was even covered on Mtv's Urban Legends show. You want a real good rule of thumb for this kind of stuff, "If it's a easy way to make money, it's a scam". Anybody who says you can get money for nothing is running some kind of scam, end of story. Another good thing to remember is "if it's in a e-mail it's most likey a scam" I've never seen any get rich offers yet that were real that came as spam or junk mail.

This one is listed at snopes.com, it's got a huge listing as it's been around for awhile. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp

 

[AGGEMAM]

Let's see. My rules on e-mails. If it's not an email address I recognize, and it doesn't say my name or any of my aka's in the subject line. It get's deleted immediately (or actually sent to the spamfilter which blocks the e-mail address forever). If I do recognize the e-mail but contains something like 'check this out', 'this is funny' or something like that it also takes the trip to the spamfilter, I don't give a crap whether it's family who sent it, they should know better.

 

[Robbert Raets]

*sigh*

 

[Pielorinho]

"I've told you time and again not to send me this bull! It's not funny, it's not clever, and it's not true! Do not ever FORWARD me anything. Thanks.

Considering that the chief offender for me is the president of another nonprofit organization with whom we work very closely, this wouldn't be the most politic reply .

He just sent me another one, asking, "Daniel, is this legit?" My reply this time was just two words:

Check snopes!
Daniel