Sunday, August 24, 2008

PC World - Eight Crazy E-Mail Hoaxes Millions Have Fallen For

PC World - Eight Crazy E-Mail Hoaxes Millions Have Fallen For: "Congratulations, you won the lottery in a country whose name you can't even pronounce! A wealthy oil executive in a far-off land wants to give you millions of dollars, right now! Sexy girls want to meet you!

Now let's be honest. If someone came to your door and told you any of those things, you'd tell him to get lost. So why do people still fall for this stuff when it's in their e-mail, as if a poorly written message made a weird-sounding pitch any more legitimate?"

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