A strange e-mail at DVinfo.net

Dylan Couper · October 17th, 2003, 04:36 PM

I got this email today. Just wondering if anyone else has received it. I'm curious to know whether it's true, or a hoax, or a fancy scheme to collect email addresses. here it is:

Hello, My name is Krista Marie and I have a new born baby named
Natalie. She means the world to me, and just recently, the doctors
have discovered that my little Natalie has Brain Cancer.
Unfortunately my husband and I don't have the money to pay for the
bill. But my husband and I have worked out a deal with AOL and
they
have agreed to give us 5cents to each person that received this
e-mail. So please, forward this to everyone you know, and help out
my
little Natalie and I.

(Embedded image moved to file: pic00107.jpg)

-Krista Marie

K. Forman · October 17th, 2003, 04:50 PM

I have recieved a number of strange emails, usually from the attorny of some very well to do person, who has either died, or been missing. They came to me, because of my wonderful reputation... That right there proves it is crap!

Yours does sound suspicicious, but more viral than scam. You could always contact AOL and ask about it.

Frank Granovski · October 17th, 2003, 06:56 PM

I don't even open 99% of my e-mails, and if I do, My Internet provider has already determined if the e-mail is spam---but I never open HTML e-mails, unless I know the sender. In other words, I have HTML shut off in my e-mail program. :)

Dan Holly · October 17th, 2003, 08:23 PM

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-natalie.htm

I put a hex (outlook blocked list) on people who send me those <;~)

Dylan Couper · October 18th, 2003, 12:36 AM

Thanks, thought so!

Keith Loh · October 19th, 2003, 11:01 AM

For these types of emails if you are EXTREMELY interested, you can always paste the first couple lines into Google and see what comes up. Invariably, they are already documented in Snopes or other hoax debunker websites.

Jeff Donald · October 19th, 2003, 11:13 AM

Keith, you need to find another hobby for Dylan. He obviously has too much money in his pockets if he's thinking of responding to hoax emails.

Keith Loh · October 19th, 2003, 12:34 PM

He has a wife. You would think he has no free time at all.

Dylan Couper · October 19th, 2003, 12:40 PM

I wanted to debunk it before I sent hate mail to the guy that sent it to me in the first place.

I could use another hobby to blow money on. Painball season is over... Snowboarding season hasn't begun yet...
Rally car racing... That's what I need to take up!

Don Berube · October 19th, 2003, 05:04 PM

Dylan,

Maybe you could offer to teach little Natalie how to snowboard?

- don

Dylan Couper · October 19th, 2003, 05:52 PM

Keith, thats why I bought my wife a horse. Now I have loads of free time.

Don, snowboarding lessons are always available, although I'm going to be in heavy training this winter to challenge Adrian Douglas for the DVinfo World Snowboarding Championship. :D

Rob Lohman · October 21st, 2003, 01:23 PM

Just think of it like this... Would AOL do that? The chance of that
would be very small because they would get a lot of people
asking them for stuff. Also how would they know how many
people got the e-mail?

It has not genuine written all over it, as other people found out
by looking it up.

Michel Brewer · October 22nd, 2003, 12:37 AM

at least I dont think they would and I worked for the subsidiary news thing. If they did they were keeping 3 cents out off the 5, now if your really looking for something to send I have this great one from the former treasurer of a republic in africa who needs help getting funds transferred...

m

October 17th, 2003, 04:36 PM	#1
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	A strange e-mail I got this email today. Just wondering if anyone else has received it. I'm curious to know whether it's true, or a hoax, or a fancy scheme to collect email addresses. here it is: Hello, My name is Krista Marie and I have a new born baby named Natalie. She means the world to me, and just recently, the doctors have discovered that my little Natalie has Brain Cancer. Unfortunately my husband and I don't have the money to pay for the bill. But my husband and I have worked out a deal with AOL and they have agreed to give us 5cents to each person that received this e-mail. So please, forward this to everyone you know, and help out my little Natalie and I. (Embedded image moved to file: pic00107.jpg) -Krista Marie __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

October 17th, 2003, 08:23 PM	#4
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	read and heed http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-natalie.htm I put a hex (outlook blocked list) on people who send me those <;~) __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

October 18th, 2003, 12:36 AM	#5
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Thanks, thought so! __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

October 19th, 2003, 11:01 AM	#6
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	For these types of emails if you are EXTREMELY interested, you can always paste the first couple lines into Google and see what comes up. Invariably, they are already documented in Snopes or other hoax debunker websites. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

October 19th, 2003, 11:13 AM	#7
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Keith, you need to find another hobby for Dylan. He obviously has too much money in his pockets if he's thinking of responding to hoax emails. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 17th, 2003, 04:50 PM	#2
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	I have recieved a number of strange emails, usually from the attorny of some very well to do person, who has either died, or been missing. They came to me, because of my wonderful reputation... That right there proves it is crap! Yours does sound suspicicious, but more viral than scam. You could always contact AOL and ask about it.

October 17th, 2003, 06:56 PM	#3
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	I don't even open 99% of my e-mails, and if I do, My Internet provider has already determined if the e-mail is spam---but I never open HTML e-mails, unless I know the sender. In other words, I have HTML shut off in my e-mail program. :)

October 19th, 2003, 12:34 PM	#8
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	He has a wife. You would think he has no free time at all. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

October 19th, 2003, 12:40 PM	#9
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	I wanted to debunk it before I sent hate mail to the guy that sent it to me in the first place. I could use another hobby to blow money on. Painball season is over... Snowboarding season hasn't begun yet... Rally car racing... That's what I need to take up! __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

October 19th, 2003, 05:04 PM	#10
Don Berube Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Boston, MA (travel frequently) Posts: 837	Dylan, Maybe you could offer to teach little Natalie how to snowboard? - don __________________ DONALD BERUBE - noisybrain. Productions, LLC Director Of Photography/ Producer/ Consultant http://noisybrain.com/donbio.html CREATE and NETWORK with http://www.bosfcpug.org and also http://fcpugnetwork.org

October 19th, 2003, 05:52 PM	#11
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Keith, thats why I bought my wife a horse. Now I have loads of free time. Don, snowboarding lessons are always available, although I'm going to be in heavy training this winter to challenge Adrian Douglas for the DVinfo World Snowboarding Championship. :D __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

October 21st, 2003, 01:23 PM	#12
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Just think of it like this... Would AOL do that? The chance of that would be very small because they would get a lot of people asking them for stuff. Also how would they know how many people got the e-mail? It has not genuine written all over it, as other people found out by looking it up. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 22nd, 2003, 12:37 AM	#13
Michel Brewer Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ventura California Posts: 179	AOL would never do that at least I dont think they would and I worked for the subsidiary news thing. If they did they were keeping 3 cents out off the 5, now if your really looking for something to send I have this great one from the former treasurer of a republic in africa who needs help getting funds transferred... m