Ah! another spam mail.. asking you to spread word of mouth and they are
giving away cell phones free... Or bill gates is sharing his
fortune..and you need to cc to some one.
I keep receiving such hoax mails and finally thought let write something on this topic.
Here is a sample mail.
Dear ALL ,
I just want you guys to take hold of this opportunity from Ericsson . Ericsson is distributing cell phones for free over the internet to compete with Nokia, which is doing the same. They want to be better known through the Internet by word of mouth and so they are giving away their new WAP phone.
All you need to do is mail this to 8 of your acquaintances. In two weeks you will receive an Ericsson T18. If you send this email to 20 people or more, you will receive an Ericsson R320 Wap Phone. Don't forget to mail a copy of this email to anna.swelund@ericsson.com to ensure that your participation is noted.
What do they get?
The company or the product gets benifited, surely word of mouth will spread their name to every corner of the world. But people wake up! You are just distributing the garbage..
How can you avoid spreading such mails
Thumb of rule! There is nothing called free lunch. Always strings are attached. So before expecting anything free think again. If you are in doubt, just search few keywords of that mail on any search engine, that will reveal the truth.
Checkout some similar mails collection at www.breakthechain.org
And finally if you still want to try your luck sending these mails.. here is a good list of such letters in circulation. http://hoaxbusters.org
:p Hehe just kidding..
Do continue to send/forward mails to your friends that are worth their time and attention. Happy mailing ;)
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