9. Join a chain?
It's tough but you still have to believe it! Chain emails, where you are asked to forward the mail to a certain number of people, either in peril because something horrible will happen to you otherwise or because Bill Gates will give you a substantial chunk of his wealth, is nothing but -- sigh! -- a scam.
Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Warren Buffett and all the other super-rich people are NOT interested in sharing their wealth with gullible people who forward chain mail with the celebrity's name in it. Yes, forwarding mails will not get you a Nokia cell phone or an iPhone.
You are NOT going dogged by bad luck if you delete a chain mail instead of forwarding it. Your friends are NOT going to desert you. NEITHER you nor your family is going to fall seriously ill. NOR will unexpected good luck come your way just because you did forwarded the mail.
Remember, you are not doing anyone a favour by forwarding these mails. All you are doing is cluttering some else's email box. And, probably, allowing some malicious virus to track the email addresses -- and infect the computers -- of the people you've sent the mail to.
Remedy: Trash the mail. Pronto!
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