I Was Tempted…..
I received a really good email newsletter this morning and I was tempted to send it out to my contacts.
It had all the makings of scandal and an element of truth.
The subject was about a well known fast food chain and problems it was having.
I quickly copied and pasted it to get it ready to email.
Then I stopped. At the bottom of the email was a web site which was the source for the story. I decided to check it out.
It turned out the story was a farce. It was an April Fool’s joke and now the chain is trying to do damage control.
It was a lesson to me to check sources and choose not to re-send.
That goes for those wonderful emails that say “send this to everyone in your address book,” or “send this to 10 people right now and all your wishes will be granted.”
I could go on, but the point is taken.
Could those emails have a tracking device on them and each time they are forwarded to friends and family, it only verifies it is a legitimate email address and Spammers then have good addresses to spam?
It doesn’t matter how cute those bunnies, kittens, puppies and other “cute” pictures are. Do friends and family really want to see them for the umpteenth time?
I’ve received an email numerous times that shows a really horrific accident which could have been fatal but the occupants of the vehicle walked away.
It was supposed to be on Hwy. 100 near where I live. There is no Hwy. 100 near where I live. It had to be a “doctored” picture.
My motto now is ….check sources, do not forward emails no matter how good they are. It could save me some time and misery.
