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Today on facebook i received another one of these Hoax messages about a virus
"IF SOMEONE NAMED RICHARD PEEL OR ASHLEY MARC JAMES SENDS YOU A FRIEND REQUEST PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT IT, ONE IS A HACKER AND THE OTHER IS A VIRUS THAT KILLS YOUR HARD DRIVE. FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR FRIEND LIST BECAUSE IF ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS ADDS EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HACK AND INFECT EVERYONE ON THAT FRIEND LIST - INCLUDING YOU."
every time i get one of these i ask myself
If this warning is valid then why would the Facebook administrators rely on word of mouth to relay such imortant information?
it does not take one long to search the net to find out more about these hoaxes. I believe that we all have a responsibility not to perpetuate such hoaxes.
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Unfortunately, Snopes can't keep up with every name that gets added to this particular spam. I just added the Amanda name you mentioned to my post, thanks for the heads up.
Fortunately, that post has almost 5000 hits so some people are taking the time to search on the names in the spam.
Keep letting people know that they don't have to be afraid to use the internet!