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Ever get one of those urgent e-mails telling you that if you forward an e-mail to at least 10 people you'll save a sick child from a malignant tumor? That hoax, and 24 others, were named by PC World this week in a story that is sure to enlighten some and embarrass others. Among them:
- Ever see the SunSat Satellite Company that promises you can track anyone's cell phone? Want to know what your girlfriend is up to? Just enter the number and... well, you just gotta see it yourself.
- Free money from Bill Gates if you forward a letter as a "test" of new Microsoft technology. While Bill does like to give money away, he's not sending you any.
- The five-cent E-Mail Tax. Remember that rumor? Yeah, it never happened.
- Nigerian 419 Letters. We covered this one recently, but just know that there isn't a prince in Nigeria who needs to transfer $10 Million to your bank account.
- Our personal favorite: Kidney Harvesting. You wake up after a night of partying in a bathtub filled with ice and a note on the wall tells you to call the nearest emergency room. Why? Your kidney has been removed and is on its way to some third-world country. Or at least that's what one e-mail hoax would have you believe!
From PC World
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsBobalooMay 11th 2007 10:42AM
ATTN: Unlocking car doors with remote through phone people
If indeed you have tried this, you are probably trying it within the 300 foot radius that the remote works. It opens because it's within radius, not because you are holding it up to a phone like a jackass.
BobalooMay 11th 2007 10:46AM
"a guy was calling up McDonald's"
That was not an internet hoax. That was a news story that you could see and hear anywhere and everywhere. And it was just a few months ago, not years.
BobalooMay 11th 2007 10:55AM
"AOL is the best isp."
I stopped reading at this point. I'm sorry, sir, when did you obtain your closed head injury?
BobalooMay 11th 2007 10:56AM
Janice, keyless entry systems are NOT based on sound. Dummy.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
BobalooMay 11th 2007 10:57AM
"Here we go,reminding ourselves of Forest Gump--"life is like a box of candy,you never know what you will get next." Sue in sc"
Uh, no. That line was not in forest gump. It was manufactured in your head, gumpie.
JimMay 18th 2007 9:43AM
Ok...I tried the backup FOB over the cell phone...and it did unlock my car door. No really, it did! Try it for yourself...there may be some frequencies that cannot be carried...but some do.
SusanMay 18th 2007 12:28PM
I tried the over the phone car door unlocking thing and it does work. Try it yourself.
MemeMay 18th 2007 1:01PM
For morons like Kristina ~ It says INTERNET hoaxes. I have no clue why Bush created "No child left behind" when there are so many so called adults left behind in this country. Anyway - I had a friend fall for that Nigeria scam and she HONESTLT believed that she had fallen into a winfall. No matter how many of us told her it was a hoax, off she went and did it. NOW she believes us! People will do anything for a quick buck.
MicheleJun 12th 2007 9:45PM
The phone home to unlock your car via cell phone DOES WORK. I have done it!!!! We were in Indiana and my daughter had the spare remote for our car at home. We called her (take note, this was to check and see if it works), she held the remote to the speaker part of cell phone, I held my cell phone towrds car door, she clicked the unlock button....and our car door opened from Wisconsin to Indiana.
Take it from a doubter...this time I was suprised.