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Internet Hoaxes & how to spot them!
-FREE MONEY!
-CHILDREN IN TROUBLE!
-DANGEROUS FILE IN YOUR COMPUTER!
These are just a few of the many Internet hoaxes that are circulating via e-mail.
But how do you determine whether a message is a real warning or a hoax?
Listen-in as Ken and Brandon discuss the anatomy of a hoax and what you can do when you receive a message that makes you wonder "Is this for real"?
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Original Air Date: May 18, 2002
This Week's Links
- Internet Hoaxes and Mass Mailing Math!
- Hoax Busters!
- Vmyths - Virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends & hysteria
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation hoax archive
- Search before you Send - Purportal.com
- The "Polish" virus message!
- Truth or Fiction.com your E-mail reality check!
- The Anatomy of a Rumor...
- The Grand Daddy of Internet Hoaxes!
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