E-Mail Hoaxes, Chain Letters, and Spam

Updated: Jun 11, 2002

Before you forward any chain letter, virus alert, or other message that urges you to "forward it to everyone you know," check its authenticity at one of these sites:

CIAC (Computer Incident Advisory Capability) Hoaxbusters at HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
The Urban Legends Reference Pages at www.snopes2.com
McAfee Virus Information Library at http://vil.nai.com/vil

To complain about spam, go to these sites:

The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (CAUCE) at www.cauce.org
Network Abuse Clearinghouse at www.abuse.net
Netizens Against Gratuitous Spamming (NAGS) at www.nags.org

To complain about e-mail-based scams within the U.S., go to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Web site at www.ftc.gov, or forward the messages to uce@ftc.gov.

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