Will Bill Gates pay you if you forward an email?

We always get these fwd emails:

• For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00.... Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Snopes.com
• snopes.com: Bill Gates $5,000 Giveaway
• Thousand Dollar Bill - Snopes
• Bill Gates is not sharing his fortune, as e-mail says - snop

For understanding about such forwarded emails, see Cyber Crimes  by G. Ram Kumar

Description: Will Bill Gates pay you if you forward an email? Is a great fortune of millions of dollars awaiting you in an African country? Do you get mails announcing that you have won a bumper lottery? Con men of the cyber space use these tricks to catch their gullible victims. Net users usually rise to the bait and part with critical information like passwords, bank details, etc. A new breed of crooks, cyber criminals, lurks over the Internet conning unsuspecting users out of their money and personal information.
Ram Kumar’s Cyber Crimes comes as a timely alert for both experienced users of the net and those who are new to it. Written in a clear language for every user of the Internet, Cyber Crimes will help you understand the evil forces of the cyberspace and be on your guard. The SAFE INTERNET COMPUTING GUIDE provides useful dos and don’ts for your safety in your cyber journey.

Contents: Cyber crimes • Junk Mail - Spam & Spim • Online Frauds - Scams, Phishing Attacks & Urban Legends • Malware I - Viruses, Worms & Trojans • Malware II - Cookies, Adware, Spyware & Scumware • Identity Theft - Spoofing, Forgery & Social Engineering • Password Cracking & Hostile Profiling • Computer/Network Intrusions - Hacking & DoS Attacks • Cyber Squatting, Software Piracy & Copyright Infringement • Cyber Stalking & Digital Bullying • Cyber Terrorism & Cyber Warfare • Safe internet computing guide • Tips for Online Security • Blocking Spam • Guarding against Spim • Handling Scams & Phishing Attacks • Protecting yourself from Pharming Attacks • Containing Viruses & Trojans • Clearing Cookies, Adware & Spyware • Avoiding Identity Thefts • Tips for Choosing a Secure Password • Reporting Hacking Attempts • Dealing with Cyber Stalking • Online Auction Frauds • Safe Online Shopping • Safe Online Chatting• Email Account Privacy • Safe Net Banking •Endspeak • Virus Message • Nigerian Scam Message • Phishing Scam Message • Urban Legend Email • Social Engineering • Dumpster Diving • Key Internet Usage Statistics -- source

Is that forwarded email Truth or Fiction ... Pathfinders Again

• Computersight - Widely Circulated Emails: Truth or Fiction ...
• Snopes 'Exposed' - Is Snopes.com Biased? - Urban Legends 
• Another Reason You Cannot Trust Snopes Or Factcheck 
• Snopes... Reliable? Authentic? Accurate? Find out! [Archive ...  
• Top 10 sites to debunk urban legends - TechRepublic
• Snopes Verifies This is True: Common Sense is Dead - Yahoo Voices

Is that forwarded email Truth or Fiction ...Pathfinders To Detect Spam

Pathfinders To Detect Spam

• 419 BAITER
• Better Business Bureaus in Canada
• Blog of Scams
• eHow.com
• Federal Trade Commission's website on spam email
• Forward scam emails to
• Fraud Aid
• Fraud Email Collection
• Fraud Email Gallery
• How to Identify and Avoid E-mail Scams
• iDeceive - Deceptive Internet Practices
• Indian Consumer Complaints Forum
• Legit or Scam?
• Museum of hoaxes
• Paypal Fake Emails
• PCQandA.com
• Rumor Detectives
• Scam Types dot Com
• Scam Warner: Stella Jamal's Romance scam
• snopes.com
• Spam Laws
• Spam Scammers
• Stop Spam Email
• Suckers Wanted - Job scam quick guide
• Thats Nonsense
• The Universal Seduction
• The Virtual Chase's Hoaxes and Other Bad Infor
• Tips To Detect Scam Websites
• Truth or Fiction
• Urban Legends

Things you should not compare

What is not advisable to compare or shouldn't be compared??? Here is a extract and brief list, if you still dare to compare:

>> In-laws
>> Pay cheques
>> Your offspring
>> Your wife's cooking with your mother
>> Exes.
>> An old photo of your spouse to a more recent one


Source: Compare much more here: Things you shouldn't compare www.kia.ca/daretocompare

On the same shelf:

Facebook isn’t going anywhere on February 29

The bottomline: STOP Forwarding / alerting friends / panicking. 

February 29, 2013 is a date that doesn't exist

Extract from The Right Click  By Tori Floyd:

"Nevertheless, many people have likely seen this post appear on their Facebook wall, asking them to spread the word:
"Share this message with at least 15 of your friends for the best chance of alerting everyone," reads a message circulating on Facebook, according to Mother Nature Network. "Many people will try to log in from February 29 to 31, just to find the site closed down for those days with no warning."...

If you're faced with what appears to be a chain message via Facebook, there are some basic rules to follow:

• If it asks you to click a link or send along personal info, don't. Facebook has more official means of contacting you than a Wall Post put up by one of your friends.
• Before entering in any sensitive information, including your Facebook password (or any other password), banking information, or home address, verify that the URL you're visiting is actually Facebook. And as a point of common sense, you probably shouldn't be too generous with your banking info and address to Facebook, either.
• Use common sense. Read 'important messages' that are meant to be official communications from Facebook twice, since chances are good they aren't real. And if a message is promising something that sounds too good to be true — like a free iPad or money just for reposting —then it almost always is. ... continue reading: The Right Click 

Not all thieves are stupid - Snopes say: Partly True

This forwarded email received today, is just years old. It comes with many other titles, such as Not all thieves are stupid; GPS Burglary; News you can use; etc. Extract:

.A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.
When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.
Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it.. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

"... if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it." Read the full story at Snopes.com

Misleading Aspirin Email -- Today's forward and the routing

Everyday you get a tip (healthy, fishy, nostalgic or otherwise), most are forwards, MOST are not verified for credibility, reliability and accuracy. Here is one such received and the true story from the horse's mouth:

Mayo Clinic News
Medical and Scientific News and Stories about Mayo Clinic

Extract:
We have been informed of a recently circulated email regarding the use of aspirin, which included mention of Dr. Virend Somers and of Mayo Clinic. Neither Dr. Somers nor Mayo Clinic contributed to this email, which contains some information that is inaccurate and potentially harmful. We recommend that you speak with your physician if you have specific questions. continue reading the Mayo Clinic News

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• Emergency Aspirin Advice (check Snopes) [Archive] - ST-Owners.com
  
• Metropolitan Toronto Police Pensioners Association's Good To Know: Mayo Clinic on Aspirin
  

Think Before you Click and Send - New York Times

What to Think About Before You Hit ‘Send’
By ALINA TUGEND | New York Times @ Yahoo news– Fri, 20 Apr, 2012 4:30 PM EDT

Extract:

The No. 1 question to ask yourself before hitting “send” on the next e-mail, Mr. Godin says, is this: “Is this going to one person?”

ONE BOTTOMLINE:
¶ Don’t forward chain e-mails. Don’t forward chain e-mails. Don’t forward chain e-mails.
Continue reading @ New York Times See also 408 comments and growing

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What to think about before you hit 'send'?, Hamilton Spectator‎

SEX AnD TECH, FIVE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE PRESSING “SEND” thenationalcampaign.org

Facebook TimeLine Hoax - Forwarded again

The message comes like this (depends on the twists and turns):

With the new 'FB timeline' on its way this week for EVERYONE...please do both of us a solid: Hover over my name above. In a few seconds you'll see a box that says "Subscribed." Hover over that, then go to "Comments and Likes" and unclick it. That will stop my posts and yours to me from showing up on the side bar for everyone to see, but MOST IMPORTANTLY it LIMITS HACKERS from invading our profiles. If you re-post this I will do the same for you.

What others are doing to tell you the otherwise? Read the following:

A Hoax-Slayer Nutshell: Protest Message Rails Against New Facebook Timeline

Harry Waldron - Computer Security News

Snoops link verifing that it a hoax

Scams target anti-Timeline Facebook users, USA TODAY

Extract: As a company, Facebook has tried to educate its millions of users, pointing out options, updating security information, and answering privacy concerns. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that's been enough, with more than 70,000 people joining anti-Timeline pages across the board.

Protect Your Facebook Account from the Latest Hack
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