Hoax # 3: The internet petition
U should double check on any petition before forwarding your friends.
Petitions require somebody (usually the 100th person) to send them back to an e-mail address.
Spam Corp. is always grateful when that 100th person sends them 100 active e-mail addresses.
Hoax #4: The voice from authority
Hoax mails like to say that they represent a company. They're so full of it!
A legit company will not do the following:
Forward messages or ask for messages to be forwarded on their behalf ('Subject' line contains 'FW')
Send chain e-mail
Ask for your current password or secret answer
Have a member of their support team contact you without you having contacted them 1st
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