Spam Scam to Avoid

Hi All,

I came across this info in a computer users group bulletin and thought it worth passing on (in a way that doesn't fall prey to the cookies trap it describes!) I can't vouch for its accuracy, but the advice seems plausible and I figure I'll err on the side of caution. So, FYI:

Advice from Snopes. com that everyone should heed! Help to stop the flood of spam.

1) Any time you see an E-Mail that says forward this on to "10" of your friends sign this petition, or you'll get bad luck, or whatever, it has either an E-Mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and E-Mails of those folks you forward. The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of "active" E-Mails to use in SPAM E-Mails, or sell to others that do.

2) Almost all E-Mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of 
Records for the most cards.

All it was, and all any of this type of E-Mail is, is a way to get names and "cookie" tracking information for telemarketers and spammers - - to validate active E-Mail accounts for their own purposes.

You can do your friends and family members a GREAT favor by sending this information to them; you will be providing a service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting thousands of Spam E-Mails in the future!

If you have been sending out (FORWARDING) the above kinds of email, now you know why you get so much SPAM!

Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name to those type listings regardless how inviting they might sound!

You think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT in the long run. 

Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later in life!

Also: /E-Mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other organization. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address of the person signing the petition./ Read the full story here: 
/http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp/

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Thanks, Doug! Now I can forward this to those idiots who always send me those goofy icky sticky mails about the savior and stuff. I feel sorry for Jesus sometimes, his being cast in those images. Now I have a nice way of stopping them.

Best Wishes,

Dave

 Dave,

For a minute there I thought you were going to suggest making a list of forwarders and forwarding it to themselves so they would get even more forwards and spam.

But that would be wrong . . .

Hi Doug,

Maybe if I could find the address of origin, that would be a good idea. I really hate those "A friend is..." poems, too!

Best Wishes,

Dave