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If you’ve been online for more than a few weeks, the chances are you’ll have received emails promising you free cash or items of clothing if you forward the message to at least 15 people, or telling you that you’ve recently won millions in an obscure European lottery. On the whole it’s best to assume that if an email looks too good to be true then it’s probably a hoax.
The same is usually true of e-mail messages that warn of a "new and deadly virus, which will destroy your hard-drive".
Next time you receive a virus warning message or an email promising untold riches, check it whether it's the real McCoy at Snopes.com - a huge online database of hoaxes and urban myths.
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