Snopes.com owned my co-worker twice in one day.

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy

Originally posted by: ergeorge

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
First he mass-mailed the Rachel Arlington story (10 year old girl who has cancer, AOL and ZDnet are tracking the fwds: to pay 32 cents a forward).

Then the Stella Awards (frivolous lawsuits, etc..)

Co-Worker claims "Oh...well, I thought they were fake, but I liked the stories."

Can't stand fwd:'s....

I couldn't find anything on Snopes about the Stella Awards ... AFAIK, they are legit. IIRC, the guy started collecting true outrageous lawsuit stories in response to one of the urban myth lawsuit emails floating around. I think Stella is the first name of the lady that sued McDonalds over the too-hot coffee.

A search for "stella" was all it took.

Yea, I did that, but didn't actually find the word "Stella" on the page??
Here is a link to the Stella Awards that I mentioned.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy

Originally posted by: Nitemare
That's why I'm glad I work for a company that can fire you for sending crap like that, keeps my inbox squeaky clean.

I can tell 99% of the time whether it's a hoax email or not by just reading the email. I feel no sympathy to those gullible people that forward this crap or send their bank account numbers over to Nigeria.

The problem is, I work in a freaking IT department, and people here still forward that crap.

Bring it up to your manager

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: Fausto
I always check Snopes when I get a forward. It's just so darn satisfying to "Reply all" and let people know they're gullible jackasses.

My family and friends no longer include me in their forward email list because of this .

 

[dethman]

i love snopes.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I used to work with a guy who spent a great deal of time trying to think up urban legends and crappy fwd emails. I don't know if he ever succeeded but I would guess that he probably did.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: ness1469
I just checked my snail mail today and there was an envelope from Microsoft.

I opened it up and about shat myself when I saw a check for $54,357 from Bill Gates himself!!!

I don't care about you non-believers, I'm quasi-rich now suckers!!!!

Snopes is just trying to horde all the Microsoft checks for themselves!

I routinely get envelopes from Microsoft. Evaluation program > you