Help Stop Spam and Hoaxes!

This page is to help knock out nasty and annoying rumours that are flying around the internet. If you've heard a rumour, PLEASE DON'T SEND IT ON UNTIL YOU INVESTIGATE IT. These rumours are created for several purposes:

1. To create mass hysteria among those on-line;
2. To collect e-mail addresses for the purposes of SPAMMING;
3. To annoy people and waste their time;
4. To steal your money and/or identity.

• Fight Spam! Click Here!
• ICQ Rumours - Get the Facts!
• More info about ICQ and the Internet: The myths, the legends, THE TRUTH!
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
• Promote Responsible Net Commerce: Fight Spam!
• The Craig Shergold FAQ
• Virus Myths Page
• Scam-O-Rama
• Patrick Crispin's Roadmap to the Internet

For a great FREE virus scanner, check out this site: www.grisoft.com

To keep your computer free of spyware, download Lavasoft Ad-Aware.

Foil spammers and stop viruses from coming into your inbox with Mailwasher.

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Many people have told me they don't know where the BCC field is, or if their e-mail programs actually have this feature. Click the link below for your e-mail program or webmail provider to see a screenshot with the BCC field marked in red.

• Hotmail
• Yahoo Mail
• Gmail
• Outlook Express
• Microsoft Outlook - If the BCC field isn't there when you open a new message window, click View->BCC Field, as shown in this image.