Checking Authenticity Of Forwarded Email Alerts
Here’s a couple easy ways to check the authenticity of those Forwarded Alerts zipping around the internet. It’s a wise choice to check them against reliable sources such as these BEFORE sending them on to 100 of your closest email contacts.
To check if forwarded email alerts are legitimate go to SNOPES.COM
To check if Amber Alert forwarded messages are legit visit WSEG.ORG – Women’s Safety Education Group
WSEG.ORG site has an Amber Alert Ticker across the top of the page provided by the National Amber Alert office so is dependable as fact.
Snopes.com staff researches every “sighting” of possible internet scam (including forwarded email stories and alerts) and identify those that are legit and those that are BUNK, rating them and listing by categories.
It is advisable to read the entire report about the item in question. If you just glance over it you can easily miss the essence of the report and get the wrong idea.
Especially be wary of forwarded email alerts claiming to be affirmed by Snopes. Check with Snopes.com yourself – don’t take the sender’s word for it. Most likely, the person who added the claim of Snopes support into the “forward” didn’t read the entire report to see that, in fact, Snopes does NOT give it a “passing grade”.
Better to double-check the authenticity than to perpetuate false information circling the globe at the speed of 10,000 spam-send per nano-second.
Okay… hope that helps.
“Checking Authenticity Of Forwarded Email Alerts”
Posted by Editor: Sue Charles 7-07-08
Posted by suetv 
