All those emails you get that break anybody's heart, telling you about some girl in a hospital, or a boy in a wheelchair, or sealions beeing killed in the Antartic for a sport, how can I know if they're genuine when they say for every email you send they'll get a certain amount of pences/cents?
2006-12-02 09:29:48 · 10 answers · asked by 13 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Check www.snopes.com to see if there is any truth to the email.
Rarely, if ever, are those emails genuine.
2006-12-02 09:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those emails are all jokes/scams. You should definitely put them in your spam folder.
I mean, think about it. Why would they send you money for forwarding someone some sob story? What would be the gain for that?
Not saying anything about you, but I wonder how the people who started this even thought that it would work for a minute.
2006-12-02 17:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rarely. You can check them out at www.snopes.com or www.truthorfiction.com if you want to make sure, but they are almost never real. Companies cannot track emails. However, many websites will donate money for every click they receive, and those are often real.
Rule of thumb with emails: If it tells you to forward it to everyone you know, don't forward it.
2006-12-02 17:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by danlthewizard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can check it out at
www.snopes.com
This is a wonderful site to check out scams and hoaxes. Just type some key words from the email into the search field, and you will most likely find it.
2006-12-02 17:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are hardly ever true. Disney is not going to donate anything and Microsoft will NEVER pay anybody for forwarding emails. All that happens when you forward to your friends is that you are exposing their email addresses to spammers. To check out emails go to http://snopes.com/. You will find virtually all of those emails you get are hoaxes.
2006-12-02 17:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by Bobbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!! Unless you personally know the person sending you the email, stay away. Never ever open attchments from someone you don't know.
2006-12-02 17:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by redeyenemo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Neither are the ones where you add your name to the bottom of a list in support of a cause.
2006-12-02 17:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by masha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most are fake...if in doubt check truthorfiction.com
2006-12-02 17:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by Cyndee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ignore them delete them they are spam
2006-12-02 19:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPAM SPAM AND MORE SPAM!!!!!!!!
2006-12-02 17:32:29 · answer #10 · answered by Phronsie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋