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Trojan Horse: DO NOT READ THIS!!! IT MAY FORMAT YOUR CITY!!! ---<pre> >Hey Hector, > >This was forwarded to me by Cassandra--it looks legit. Please >distribute to Priam, Hecuba, and your 99 siblings. > >Thanks, > >Laocoon > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > >IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN HORSE DO NOT >DOWNLOAD IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your >ENTIRE CITY! > >The "gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two stories >tall. It tends to show up outside the city gates and appears to be >abandoned. DO NOT let it through the gates! It contains hardware that >is incompatible with Trojan programming, including a crowd of heavily >armed Greek warriors that will destroy your army, sack your town, and >kill your women and children. If you have already received such a >gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city unopened and set >fire to it by the beach. > >FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! > >Poseidon > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >FROM: hector@studmuffin.com >TO: laocoon@doomgloom.edu >RE: Greeks bearing gifts > >Laocoon, > >I hate to break to you, but this is one of the oldest hoaxes there >is. I've seen variants on this warning come through on other >listservs, one involving some kind of fruit that was supposed to kill >the people who ate it and one having to do with something called the >"Midas Touch." Here are a few tipoffs that this is a hoax: > >1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" crap. If it were >really meant as a warning about the Greek army, why tell anyone to >post it to the Phonecians, Sumerians, and Cretans? > >2) Use of exclamation points. Always a giveaway. > >3) It's signed "from Poseidon." Granted he's had his problems with >Odysseus but he's one of their guys, isn't he? Besides, the lack of a >real header with a detailed address makes me suspicious. > >4) Technically speaking, there is no way for a horse to overwrite >your entire city. A horse is just an animal, after all. > >Next time you get a message like this, just delete it. I appreciate >your concern, but once you've been around the block a couple times >you'll realize how annoying this kind of stuff is. > >Bye now, > >Hector > > > </pre>

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