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TURIN
24th Feb 2005, 21:38
I have received an email with a photo attached claiming to be from someone trying to find the identity of a young girl lost during the Asian tsunami.
It is one of those "send to everyone you know" type.
Anyone know if it is genuine or just a waste of bandwidth.
Ta.
amanoffewwords
24th Feb 2005, 22:11
Waste of bandwidth definitely - it's been round the houses and back.
Charles
Snopes.com is a good place to check this sort of thing:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/lostgirl.asp
In general, you should never "forward to everyone you know". 99% of the time it's a waste of time, bandwidth, etc. I'm still waiting for the 1% that isn't.
Globaliser
25th Feb 2005, 08:44
Those are exactly my two rules of thumb:- If it says "you must forward this to everyone you know", it's total crap. If it just, just, might not be total crap, a little research on Snopes is in order before pushing the forward button.
TURIN
25th Feb 2005, 09:16
Thanks for the replys. It is as I thought.:ok: