This site hopefully will stop the spreading of those email hoaxes. We also suggest you forward us the email in question at: hoax@kravinsystems.com The Warning Signs Legitimate e-mails and web sites provide ways to contact the author or webmaster. At the bottom of this page you will find our e-mail address. I will stand behind what I publish on my website and will make corrections if an error is pointed out. Scam artists hide their identities, they fear being tracked down. Just having an e-mail address doesn't guarantee the writer is honest, free e-mail addresses are easy to come by, but if you find a site that offers no hint of the author or way to contact him/her, then be very suspicious. If an e-mail or web site claims to represent some large, well known institution, then is it clearly associated with them? For example, if an e-mail claims to be on the behalf of the American Cancer Society, Microsoft, does the return address reflect that? Most of the large institutions now have web sites and their own domain names. Likewise, if you see a web page that claims to speak on behalf of the ACS, is it hosted as part of ACS's web domain (in this case: www.cancer.org)? If instead it is hosted by a free service like GeoCities or Xoom, or if the e-mail is from Hotmail or Yahoo, then watch out, because it probably isn't from who it claims to be. Does the e-mail claim that it is being "tracked?" This is a sure sign of a hoax since e-mail can not be reliably tracked. Rather than helping some poor soul when you forward one of these message, you are in reality wasting precious Internet bandwidth, which in the long run COSTS all of us. The latest Hoax This page will be updates with your help. If you know of a hoax that is not listed on this site, or would like to know if an email you received is a hoax, then let us know.We will add more to this page by publishing the most recent hoax going around. But, it is not intended to be a complete collection Have fun and remember, before you forward that next chain, take a moment to see if it is true. Most are hoaxes and some are even hurtful. The Internet is a powerful tool for spreading information, but like any tool, it can cause damage if not used responsibly. So check before you forward, it only takes a few minutes.

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