You wrote:
>Hey Hector,
>
>This was forwarded to me by Cassandra--it looks legit.
Please distribute
to Priam, Hecuba, and your 99 siblings.
>
>Thanks,
>Laocoon
>
>TO: Trojan Army Listserv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>RE: WARNING!! BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!
>
>WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
>
>IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN
>HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY
>DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!
>
>The "gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two
stories tall. It tends to show up outside the city gates and
appears to be
>abandoned. DO NOT let it through the gates! It contains
hardware that is incompatible with Trojan programming,
including a crowd of
>heavily-armed Greek warriors that will destroy your army,
sack your town,
and kill your women and children. If you have already
received
>such a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city
unopened and set
fire to it by the beach.
>
>FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
>
>Poseidon
Dearest Laocoon :
I hate to break to you, but this is one of the oldest hoaxes
there is.
I've seen variants on this warning come through on other
listservs, one
involving some kind of fruit that was supposed to kill the
people who
ate it and one having to do with something called the "Midas
Touch."
Here are a few tip-offs that this is a hoax:
1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" stuff.
If it were
really meant as a warning about the Greek army, why tell
anyone to post
it to the Phoenicians, Sumerians, and Cretans?
2) Use of exclamation points. Always a giveaway.
3) It's signed "from Poseidon." Granted he's had his
problems with
Odysseus but he's one of their guys, isn't he? Besides, the
lack of a
real header with a detailed address makes me suspicious.
4) Technically speaking, there is no way for a horse to
overwrite your
entire city. A horse is just an animal, after all.
Next time you get a message like this, just delete it. I app
reciate your
concern, but once you've been around the block a couple
times you'll
realize how annoying this kind of stuff is.
Bye now,
Hector
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