Hi all,
In the light of the recent message about the virus hoax, I could not
resist forwarding this:
TO: Trojan Army Listserv < [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
: RE: WARNING!! BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!
:
: Hey Hector,
:
: This was forwarded to me by Cassandra--it looks legit. Please
distribute to
: Priam, Hecuba, and your 99 siblings.
:
: Thanks,
:
: Laocoon
:
: 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
:
: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
: FROM: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
: TO: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
: RE: Greeks bearing gifts
:
: 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 tipoffs that this is a hoax:
:
: 1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" crap. 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 appreciate
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
:
Regards,
John Hooker
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