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danny_galaga:

why on earth is it that people keep forwarding these on? heres an example from snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/arlington.asp

i notice it is only ever teh wimmings that are gullible enough to forward them. is this some plot by ISP's to increase bandwidth from all the extra crap out there?

i always find the relevant story in SNOPES and send that back to the sender. but they never listen...

Zero_Hour:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on September 07, 2007, 02:37:49 am ---i always find the relevant story in SNOPES and send that back to the sender. but they never listen...

--- End quote ---

I used to just post the relevant link debunking the story, but the forwards continued. :dunno
So I decided in addition to linking, I'd mention all of the factual inaccuracies that I could spot in any given e-mail using common sense, point by point. ::)
Then I started also mentioning how many times in x number of years I had gotten said forwarded message (I apparently know a lot of gullible people), to drive the point home.  :timebomb:
Finally I just started telling people to stop being stupid. :angry:

They may still forward dumb e-mails, but thankfully they don't forward them to me anymore.  ;D

billf:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on September 07, 2007, 02:37:49 am ---i always find the relevant story in SNOPES and send that back to the sender. but they never listen...

--- End quote ---

Yep, this is what I do.  I rarely put anything else in the body of the email, just the link.  And I make sure to 'reply to all'.  These goofy emails have lessened over time; maybe I'm making a difference.  :-\

shardian:
No matter who it is, if I see "fwd" in an email subject line, it is going in the trash without reading it. I've told everyone I know not to send me those, but the occasional one still gets sent. My wife has an Aunt that sends a few EACH DAY to her. That's just crazy.

J_K_M_A_N:
My wife's mom would send her crap ALL THE TIME! Then she would read it and start crying and say, "Look at this one". Within about 5 seconds I would call BS and go to snopes.com and show her it is all crap. Then I would MAKE her reply to all with the link and add at the bottom, "Don't believe everything you read!". She doesn't get near as many now. :)

J_K_M_A_N

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