VENT: People who pass on chain and warning emails

RadoJo

I know what you mean - some people act as though being correct about something is a form of unbearable smugness or showing off in some way. If I tell someone that they don't need to worry about something because it's a hoax, I expect them to at least be glad that it's one less thing to be concerned about, but there are always those who would rather trust a stranger on the internet than someone who they know has their best interests at heart - I suppose it is a little embarrasing to be told you fell for a con, but how much more embarrasing would it be to pass a scam e-mail onto someone who was upset or needlessly worried by it?

shuaibf

ringo_24601 wrote: »

If 12 people don't comment on this post, the OP will face the wrath of the tree of temptation!

More seriously, i tend to give a 2-strike warning on those emails - if anyone sends me 1 after I've asked them not to, they are blocked from my email. But i'm a bloke, and most blokes don't bother with such tosh

theirs 12 your 12th post lol

cheltenham_dude

People do this at my workplace and it is annoying - especially when they send it on a group e-mail address (i.e. the whole contact centre). Mind you the managers at my place have been cracking down on this sort of thing (we're actually supposed to use the internal & external e-mail system as part of our job) and while they tolerate some personal e-mails, at least one person has been fired after repeated send chain letters and e-mails warning about abductions, ect. (she was actually daft enough to copy and paste one from a hoax website and send it to everyone in my part of the company).

Darksun

Good advice biscit! I'm going to send it on to all my friends :rotfl:

poppy_f1

i just use the delete button for anything that comes in with FW in the subject

myrtleturtle

me too can't stand the things. never open them. thankfully its just one cousin that sends them occassionally

poppy_f1 wrote: »

i just use the delete button for anything that comes in with FW in the subject

ceebeeby

Arghhhh, my Mum does this too, and yes, when i asked her not too she thought I was being rude!!