Things like this:
READ IMMEDIATELY!
HI ALL THIS was sent to me by our son who is in charge of the computers for the state of Florida — whenever he receives anything like this it is a warning to the State as well as all us little people –
VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ THIS
Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton Please send it to everybody you know who has Access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ‘Mail Server Report’ If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: ‘It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful….’
Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software’s are not capable of destroying it..
The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’.
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!
THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES..
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp
Well here is what Snopes says: HOAX
snopes.com: Life Is Beautiful Virus
After all these years of the Internet people still do not check information out for themselves and believe these emails.
I for one would be suspicious to click on the Snopes link in an Email.
If you get Emails like this do not forward them and watch what you click on in the Email.
The Political Junk is just amazing.
Some people want to believe it so badly that the Email is true and dutifully forward it to all their ‘Friends.’
Of course then you have the group that believes Snopes has its own agenda.
Better to be a skeptic than a sheep.
Jerry Sarazin