If there is a bogus email/hoax going around and when we talk about it,

[havocmom]

things get locked... how do we help spread the word that there is a hoax making the rounds? The bogus emails can't get locked, just discussions about their bogusness? Hmmm. Seems like that makes the world safer for hoaxes.

:shrug:

[jim3775]

1. Yes but if the OP makes no mention of it being a hoax

Someone might only read the OP and believe it.

[NYCGirl]

2. Because the "WTC Survivor" virus warning is in itself a hoax. There is no

such virus.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/wtcsurvivor.asp

[evermind]

4. And it's a 4-year-old hoax too! (n/t)

[Montauk6]

3. This is probably the mods responding (rightfully so) to some of the

Snopes-able items that get posted here on occasion.

[Moderator]

5. Questions

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