Email Hoax (tadinya Re: [Singkawang] Fwd: FW: UK requirement)

[Hendy Lie]

Dear Pak Li dan Pak Frans,   Memang betul apa yang Bapak berdua bilang. Email tersebut adalah hoax. Tujuan sebenarnya dari email hoax seperti itu adalah untuk mengumpulkan email address yang sebanyak-banyaknya.  Saat ini ada software khusus yang bisa melakukan hal seperti itu. Dan nantinya mereka akan mengirimi email spam ke email address yang berhasil mereka kumpulkan.   Mereka memanfaatkan 'kebiasaan' netters yang kalau men-forward email tidak menghapus email pengirim (berikut juga email cc-nya) terlebih dahulu. Jadinya dalam satu email, terdapat banyak sekali email address, yang jauh lebih banyak dari isi email itu sendiri :).    Btw, di bawah ada penjelasan tentang email hoax tersebut.     Salam, Hendy Lie   ---------------------     http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmsaol.htm Comments:  This is a hoax, and a recycled one at that. Bill Gates isn't sharing his fortune via chain letter. No merger between Microsoft and AOL has been announced; indeed, it's hard to imagine an unlikelier event. Two of Microsoft's biggest rivals, America Online and Netscape, merged in 1998, making AOL Microsoft's main competitor. Trust us, if these two behemoths were to merge, you'd have seen it in the headlines a thousand times over. Moreover, Microsoft cannot track the chain letters you forward, nor will Bill Gates pay you for replicating this insipid message. Why on earth would he? Statement from Microsoft: REDMOND, Wash., May 12, 1999 - Recently an email has been circulating on the Internet about a new "email tracking system" from Microsoft. As you may have suspected, this is a hoax and did not originate from Microsoft. Microsoft does try to investigate the source of these hoaxes and take appropriate action. However, many times the hoaxers take elaborate steps to shield their true identities and we cannot identify them. Privacy and security are very important to us here at Microsoft, and we work every day to build great software for the Internet that keeps information safe, secure and private. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you. — Message to Customers on "Email Tracking Program" Hoax Statement from Bill Gates: Even more annoying than spam, in some respects, are hoaxes. I'm acutely aware of this because my name was recently attached to a hoax email message that was widely distributed. People embellished the fraudulent email over time, as it was forwarded from electronic mailbox to electronic mailbox, but an early version read this way: "My name is Bill Gates. I have just written up an e-mail tracing program that traces everyone to whom this message is forwarded to. I am experimenting with this and I need your help. Forward this to everyone you know and if it reaches 1000 people everyone on the list will receive $1000 at my expense. Enjoy. Your friend, Bill Gates." The bogus message was widely forwarded, which surely led to some disappointment from people who hoped to receive $1,000 for passing along what was essentially a chain letter.   On 9/26/06, Dr. Frans Tshai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:                                                                                     Benar apa yang dikatakan Sdr.Malikasim.Ini cuma cara mudah untuk memperoleh alamat e-mail.Sejak beberapa tahun saya sdh beberapa kali menerima e-mail demikian.Cuma buang waktu saja melayani permintaan demikian ! Salam Frans At 03:08 AM 9/26/2006, you wrote: Hi All:   CAUTION ... CAUTION  ... CAUTION   It sound like a marketing scam to collect valid email addressess for sale to the third ONLINE MARKETING company. No free lunch in this world. Tt's too good to be true.   CAUTION .... CAUTION .... CAUTION. Lau Freezer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hahahh...never interested in this kind of thing before. why not just try since it's no risk Note: forwarded message attached. __._,_.___ ===================================================== Hapus bagian email yang tidak perlu sebelum me-reply United Singkawang - [http://www.singkawang.us] Friendster - [http://www.friendster.com/singkawang] ===================================================== SPONSORED LINKS Pontianak hotel indonesia Pontianak indonesia hotel Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___