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.What's the Harm in forwarding this Stuff anyway? PLENTY!
Harms companies, damages your computer, breaches you security and private information, frightens people, even causes death.
http://www.truthminers.com/truth/what's_the_harm.htm
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BREAK THE CHAIN - quit forwarding and send more personal e-mails
Good source for common-sense evaluations of e-mail chain letters. Though frequently forwarded with good intentions, e-mail chain letters spread lies and half-truths and too often serve as a substitute to personal interaction.
http://www.breakthechain.org/
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The Christian Arsenal
How to recognize an Urban Legend, Myth, Folklore. A whole arsenal for fighting lies and half-truths so you don't look like a gullible fool.
http://www.christianarsenal.com
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Truth Miners - We Dig the Truth
Nice Search Feature. Be informed. Don't spread internet lies. Learn how to tell the truth from the lies.
http://www.truthminers.com/truth/
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Truth or Fiction
Using their SEARCH is the BEST way to check out a forwarded email to see whether it is true.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
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Urban Legends Reference Pages
Snopes is a personal favorite and has a handy search feature for quickly discerning the truth or uncovering the lie.
http://snopes.com/
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Urban Legends and Folklore
This site has one of the most extensive collections of urban legends, internet hoaxes, untrue chain letter stories, etc.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
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