Is it actually true???

DarkMaster · Jul 15, 2008 10:02 AM

When people send you e-mails saying stuff like "if you dont pass this on to others then you will die" is it actually true???

Sheep · Jul 15, 2008 10:05 AM

I don't know, and don't think so. It has never happened to me :-|

DarkMaster · Jul 15, 2008 10:07 AM

but heaps of people are sending me e-mails about if you dont send this to other then you will die

Sheep · Jul 15, 2008 10:14 AM

Do you know those people? Have you told anyone about the E-mails?

DarkMaster · Jul 15, 2008 10:24 AM

yep told heaps of my friends and i told my dad, and if he carries on sending me stupid e-mails than i will call the cops!!!!!!!!!!! literally!!!!!!!!!!!!

ratchet · Jul 15, 2008 10:35 AM

Yeah, they're just stupid chain letters made to scare you and pass it on. Dont listen to them, they're not true.

DarkMaster · Jul 15, 2008 10:39 AM

thanx ratchet, but if he carries on i will call the cops!!!!

Fletch_Talon · Jul 15, 2008 11:10 AM

Are you serious... I realise you're 11, but still...

yes, everyone is correct, they are called chain letters, i seriously doubt there was a death threat in any of them, generally some loser has started an email and to make superstitious people keep it going he will say something bad will happen if you dont

calling the police will almost definitely do absolutely nothing, technically spam/chain mail can be illegal but i think the local police force would have more important things to do with their time

Kamineko · Jul 15, 2008 11:19 AM

DarkMaster wrote:

When people send you e-mails saying stuff like "if you dont pass this on to others then you will die" is it actually true???

.......it's an email. it's little bits of data in the form of 1s and 0s going through a network of computers that your monitor displays as text on your screen.

It can't do anything, the letter wouldn't even know if it was ever sent. It's not sentient. It's just... an email.

dragon protector x · Jul 15, 2008 3:22 PM

There is no such thing as a cursed e-mail...Curses only come attached to old artifacts. Such as Old Sacrafical daggers...or what ever. The Crystal Skulls are a great examply. Yes the Crystal Skulls are real.

DragonFireOKN · Jul 15, 2008 3:46 PM

This isn't true in the slightest. People just want to see how many people they can get to read it.

reddragon12 · Jul 15, 2008 3:56 PM

we get them at school and as texts
just ignore them

Rurikredwolf · Jul 15, 2008 4:22 PM

I see it all the time, and I could honestly care less about continuing it.

DanteAndVergil · Jul 15, 2008 4:43 PM

DarkMaster wrote:

When people send you e-mails saying stuff like "if you dont pass this on to others then you will die" is it actually true???

NO! this sort of mail is better known as "chain mail" and it's a load of superstisous crap in all honesty

Doppelgangergang · Jul 15, 2008 4:54 PM

Your Emails have IP addresses encoded on them. These IP addresses are recorded on a hidden part of the Email. Your IP will be recorded when you send/pass on the email. If someone knows how to extract these numbers, they can know where you live. When Gobbelcoque got banned and his IP was shown in public, I fired up a traceroute and found out where his house is. :devil:

bmah · Jul 15, 2008 5:04 PM

Seriously, my sister made up an email meant to be chained, just to see how many people would react and pass the message on. Anyone can do it. All you need are these three things:
1. an unbelievable yet seemingly believable message that can compell people to pass on the message
2. a threat (or else...)
3. font other than Times New Roman or Arial and of abnormal size and color

optional but frequently used: request for donation money because your mother was injured in a car crash, children of Africa, etc. (whatever your story was)

reddragon12 · Jul 15, 2008 6:12 PM

one we had at school e-mail was chain mail and it was about kissing
stuff like
1) never keep your eyes open it's rude to stare
2)while kissing hug or hold hands
3)a kiss isn't a kiss with no toung
so close your eyes
open your mouth and give your
toung some exersise
me and spikey almost threw up

Hail The Ice Dragon · Jul 15, 2008 7:46 PM

Eww reddragon *barf* BLeh!

Cyndersparx · Jul 15, 2008 8:00 PM

I got one called "I LOVE YOU MOM"
I didnt repost it because I knew it was fake.

Spyrorocks · Jul 15, 2008 10:19 PM

Doppelgangergang wrote:

Your Emails have IP addresses encoded on them. These IP addresses are recorded on a hidden part of the Email. Your IP will be recorded when you send/pass on the email. If someone knows how to extract these numbers, they can know where you live. When Gobbelcoque got banned and his IP was shown in public, I fired up a traceroute and found out where his house is. :devil:

What good is an IP address? It would do you no good as IP traces are only accurate to the state/province, sometimes only to the country, not to mention dynamic IPs.

Its useless, and don't lie about tracing people to their "house" aka Country.

Aicebo · Jul 15, 2008 10:36 PM

I hate chain letters.
I get them as YouTube bulletins all the time.
I just delete them and don't repost them.
I don't want my friends on there to get freaked out by it and they're annoying to have.

Parotia · Jul 16, 2008 5:03 AM

Sometimes I just wonder why people even believe/repost chain letters. Its bad enough I have to suffer from craploads of spam mail. (theyre really blocked and are stored in this APPriver spamlab, but I hate seeing 20 pages of it, no I dont really see 20 pages of it but since I'm so inactive on my main e-mail sometimes it hides and as I delete them more keep appearing...stupid e-mail) lol

Kamineko · Jul 16, 2008 5:11 AM

The worst ones I've ever seen I get through myspace bulletins. They're really bad because they like to put like, 50 blank lines in the middle of a sentence.

I also occasionally get one that says some little kid is dying, and the make a wish foundation is donating money for every person who reposts the bulletin (implying they have any way of knowing).

Doppelgangergang · Jul 16, 2008 5:31 AM

Atresac wrote:

(implying they have any way of knowing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_bugs

They can plant Web bugs in emails to get a list of IPs who viewed it.

Kamineko · Jul 16, 2008 5:34 AM

I was referring to the myspace bulletins

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