Have you ever circulated an e-mail which contained and urban legend that you later found out was false or a hoax? What was it? How did you find out it was bogus?
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tomsims
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No. Usually, my sister forwards the ones she gets to me for busting. I'm a Googler and a big fan of snopes.com. Maybe people want to believe the strange things they get emailed to them, like Bill Gates giving everyone $100 to forward emails to test tracing software or an elderly lady putting her RV on cruise control and then going to take a nap. Maybe they just don't care if they're true or not because they provide entertainment. I don't know. I just enjoy breaking the chain and sending them to all back to the people who forwarded them with the bust attached. That's my entertainment. :)
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No, but I have stopped a few friends at the office. A good place to get urban legends/hoax information is about.com. http://urbanlegends.about.com/
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Yes, and I answered this for you not too long ago, Tom. I would use the same source: http://www.factorfiction.com They are the best and have a great search engine there.
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Yes, several years ago, before I knew about Snopes. It was something about terrorists and gas prices, I think. I don't remember, exactly. One of my friends pointed me to Snopes.
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OOOOHhhhhhh, yes.... I have emailed so many urban legends before I found out about www.snopes.com I am guilty as charged over here!!
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I did once, way back in 1995 when I on the internet my first time. It was one of my very first emails from a friend and it was about some virus or something. I shared it with someone else who promptly told me it was a hoax. He sent me a link to info all about it. I was very embarrassed to have done that and now I always research everything firsts before believing it.
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Yes, a long time ago when I was new to the net. I was always trying to "help" my friends by passing along warnings and such. I have learned to check them out first (Snopes.com) although I have already heard/read most of them now, there are still a couple of new ones occasionally.
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