No big company is going to give you a GIFT CERTIFICATE (giveaway hoaxes), spamming your friends and family will not provide medical care or financial relief for an ILL OR INJURED CHILD (sympathy hoaxes), that PERFUME IS NOT ETHER (urban legends), and there is no such thing as E-MAIL TRACKING!If you receive an e-mail urging you to forward a message that contains a reference to any of these, or similar items, please DO NOT, as you will only be helping to perpetrate and perpetuate the hoax.
You can read about the FIVE TELLTALE SIGNS to learn how to identify a hoax message.
For a list of the top ten Internet hoaxes as compiled by Sophos Anti-Virus, click HERE.
Click HERE for a list of the top ten hoax questions received by Hoax Busters.
It's worth noting that just because these are listed as hoaxes doesn't mean that a determined virus writer couldn't use the same name as one of these hoaxes on their infected file and send it out as an e-mail attachment (see Wobbler hoax below). The best way to reduce the risk of getting a real computer virus is to practice SAFE COMPUTING.
Click HERE for more information about real computer viruses.
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