Be a Good Internet Citizen!
Don't circulate HOAX e-mail
Q. What do you do if someone sends you an e-mail asking you to support
a worthy cause?
Q. What do you do if someone sends you an e-mail warning you of a
deadly
virus (electronic or biological) on the loose?
A. Before you pass it on, find out if it is a hoax!
Q. How can I do that?
A. By checking one or more web sites that track these hoaxes.
A. By doing a Google/Yahoo/other search with keywords.
Here are some hoax-tracking sites:
Snopes.com
Korova.com
Stiller.com
A Google search example:
I wanted to find out if the NPR funding e-mail was legit, so I went to
Google and entered this
into the search box
supreme court npr funding
This result was at the top of the list:
NPR : Chain Letters and Myths
The truth about the hoax e-mail regarding NPR funding. ... NPR's
Morning Edition last week, Nina Totenberg said that if the Supreme
Court supports Congress, ...
www.npr.org/about/urbanmyth.html