I received an this morning regarding a ten month old baby with cancer is this a hoax?
Question by Peeta: I received an this morning with regards to a 10 month old child with cancer is this a hoax?
There is an e mail circulating concerning a ten month old baby with cancer, this email says that passing it on will outcome in AOL and ZDNET spending 32cents per 3 emails towards a lifestyle saving operation. Is this a heartless hoax?
Best answer:
Answer by Mike Sanders
yes, very likely.
sadly these scams are made to either appeal to our greed or sympathies.
What do you feel? Solution beneath!
December 14th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Yeah things like this always go around ignore it
December 14th, 2011 at 11:52 am
yep, its aload of bull
December 14th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Sounds like a hoax. It is is probable a hoax made by someone to see how much their email will be circulated.
December 14th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
I’m not sure, but i received about 10months ago…….i think its the usual chain email
December 14th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Do you really think AOL will depart with a potentially unlimited amount of money?
Unfortunately it is just some loser with nothing better to do.
Delete it, it is a hoax.
December 14th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Yes more than likely, ive had quite a few emails like the one you recieved. People who do this are so heartless they should be locked up.
December 14th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Yes it is a hoax.
December 14th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
probably … I usually check snopes.com for these pleas as well as amber alerts etc.
December 14th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
It’s sad that someone would use a topic like a child with cancer to help flood the email servers. This is likely a hoax since there’s no way AOL or ZDNET could keep track of how many times the email can be sent.
December 14th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
It sounds like it,report it,block it and delete it.What a wicked way to try and scam money,they need some thing very bad to happen to them.
December 14th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
most probably a hoax, but then it could be true(unlikely). checked & see where it originates from, ppl will do anything to con you of your money, you can call them heartless, immoral, whatever, etc, etc…. they don’t really care, what they want is your money, if you need to give money, make sure it reaches your intended reciepient
December 14th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
It’s a hoax. I’m sure there are 10 month olds with cancer, and I’m equally sure that neither AOL nor ZDNET are doing anything about any of them.
These scam emails are designed to flood networks with traffic and cause problems for businesses, not help sick children.
December 14th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
I think this is the email you received: Rachel Arlington Charity Hoax
As you can see, Hoax-slayer has confirmed this is a hoax:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rachel-arlington-charity-hoax.html
December 14th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
It is DEFINITELY a hoax.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp
Can you imagine the costs if they did? I’d be e-mailing random people right NOW!
December 14th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
this is probably a hoax. Even though Cancer can strike at any age, if it was legit we should have heard about it on the news.
December 14th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
fraid so love, just rip it up and throw it in the bin.