Please, please, please!
I know we all do it, inclusive of me and I always feel very stupid if somebody points out I was wrong. What? Well, hoaxes! I am talking about scare messages that are sent via the internet, upset me, and then turn out to be false. Dioxin-filled tampons or missing children, virus warnings, cookie recipes and other urban legends.
I am all for using the internet, and in the case of Madeleine McCann (2007) this was certainly a way to go, but just remember there are a lot of sick people out there that invent horror stories and let them haunt us for years!
So what to do?
- research the matter: just pop the basic key words into any search engine like Google and see what comes up.
- go to hoax list or Urban legends sites to check on you case.
Here are a few sites I use to check:
So next time you receive another “please send this on to as many people as you know!” email just check on one of these sites first.
Thank you!
