Bankrate: 9 Most Popular Email Hoaxes
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Description: Amy C. Fleitas describes untrue spam stories arriving in inboxes daily.
(April 13, 2004)
Financial fiction: Beware the e-mail hoax Ever wondered if anyone makes the money promised in those work-at-home advertisements? Or if each forwarded e-mail will really mean a donation of 10 cents from Microsoft to an orphan's organ-transplant operation? The answer is no. These stories are urban legends, e-mail rumors and scams. They are but a few of what we like to call financial fiction. The following are some of the most popular and most creative bits of the financial fiction waiting in in-boxes nationally.
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Page title: | Financial fiction: Beware the e-mail hoax |
Keywords: | get-rich-quick, email, e-mail, Neiman Marcus cookie recipe, Nigerian letter, scams, work at home, donations, ripoff, Bill Gates |
Description: | Inboxes are overflowing with get-rich-quick schemes. Who's getting rich? Not you. Some of the hottest tales arriving in inboxes daily. |
IP-address: | 95.100.6.233 |
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NS | Name Server: PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: PDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: PDNS3.ULTRADNS.ORG Name Server: PDNS4.ULTRADNS.ORG Name Server: PDNS5.ULTRADNS.INFO Name Server: PDNS6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK Name Server: UDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: UDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET |
WHOIS | Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited |
Date | Creation Date: 06-mar-1995 Expiration Date: 01-jun-2019 |