-----Original Message----- From: Bill Burch <billbo@goodnet.com> To: Raquel 'rockie' Steen <raquelsteen@inficad.com> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 8:35 AM Subject: Interesting Article... >A BYU student sent out a fabricated e-mail throughout BYU's intranet forging >the name of a BYU administrator. The message said there had been a rat >infestation in the administrator's office and an intern had been devoured. >People coming to the office were encouraged to carry machetes to fight off >the rodents. More than 2,400 e-mail responses, some impolite, poured into >the administration office. Three BYU students are >suspected in the hoax. > >Note: E-mail hoaxes are all over the internet. They include virus hoaxes, >Disney offer hoaxes, pleas to send e-mail to sick children, and outright >forgeries. In general we advise subscribers to always be skeptical about >any e-mail request that instructs you to forward it to everyone you know. It >most cases it is a hoax. When it doubt, don't forward it. > > >Bill Burch > >BILLBOs Web Page: >"Words of Wisdom" LDS & Kids Links page: > >http://www.goodnet.com/~billbo/ldslinks.html > >ICQ UIN: 218484 >E-mail express: mailto:218484@pager.mirabilis.com > > >