Why Do You Purposely Send Fraudulent eMails???

I got that one too & I think it said the words "under God" were left off the Pledge of Allegiance on the Pepsi can & we should NO longer spend our money on which is printed "In God We Trust". Well, I looked that one up also & learned that it was a Dr Pepper can back in 2001 that had left off the words "Under God" & that can is NO longer in print. On top of that, the can did NOT have the Pledge of Allegiance printed on the can. The can had printed on it "One Nation...Indivisible" in place of "One Nation Under God Indivisible..." Dr Pepper was trying to say the American spirit CANNOT be broken by ANYONE!!! I knew this email was unfounded as I had received it about 5 years ago except that one claimed it was a Coke can that should be boycotted. As an avid Coca~Cola drinker, I just HAD to verify the info before giving up my Coke!!! When I received the one about the Pepsi can, I knew it was bogus. One person told me off for referencing Snopes saying they were bogus themselves. At one point Snopes was warning to NOT blindly follow snopes links in emails as some take you to hoax pages. So, now I go to snopes.com myself & then do my own search, so I know I'm getting Snopes info!!! One person got really upset with me for dong a REPLY ALL when I pointed out the facts. I guess it is OK for them to spread false info, but not for me to spread the truth!!!

I got that same one and did exactly the same as you. I looked it up on Snopes myself. I look up every single email like this, telling me "do not use" or "don't buy" or "be warned" or any other variation thereof. I've received quite a lot of what I call "Obama basher" emails and, every single one I've received has turned out to be false. Some of these Obama basher emails actually began during Bush's administration and were "Bush bashers" until someone changed the name of the president. I always get a laugh out of those but always write back to whomever sent me the email and let them know that I learned it was false on Snopes and that I look EVERYTHING like this up before I ever consider forwarding them to anyone. I also mention that they should do the same. Those nice folks from Nigeria have actually taught me to never take any email we receive at face value. So, they're good for something, eh?

I enjoy most of the forwarded ones I receive. There are only a few that I don't like. I forward a lot of them on to my friends!!! However, if anybody requests to opt out, I honor their wishes & STOP forwarding anything to them. I upset several friends & family members when I responded to a particular email with "this is BS" & I explained why. This was only 2 weeks ago. One person went so far as to apologize then...Today I receive the SAME email again. I'm wondering if it the person telling me they don't give a crap what I think...they don't care that they are spreading lies or their way of saying "stick it!!!" May your weekend be BLESSED also!!!!

Frustrating ain't it??? I can forgive them for sending a different one; however, to send the exact SAME one that was rebuked before to me is a little "in your face" for my liking!!!

I enjoy most forwarded emails!!! However, when I send one & a friend responds they are offended by my email, I sure as hell DON'T send it to them a second time!!! I do my best to be MORE sensitive to their feelings being a little more careful the types of emails I do send them. I want my emails to bring a smile to their face...NOT upset them!!!! I used to blindly send emails until a friend responded with proof that the info in mine was bogus. That made me wonder....how many others have I sent. Like many, when the mail begins with "I've checked these facts personally"... & it comes from a close friend or family member, I was naive enough to believe my friend/family had indeed checked the facts BEFORE sending it on. Then I realized that just wasn't happening. Much like myself, my friends/family "assumed" their friend/family had checked the facts & in truth NOBODY ever checked the facts!!! Before I started being my own fact-checker, if somebody responded with proof the email was bogus, I would go back & forward that email to the same people I sent the original email to. That was a LOT of work!!! So, in order to streamline my work, I found it easier to just fact-check the emails myself & just not send the bogus ones. I'm sure I miss one every now & then, but I do try & catch them ALL!!!!

Yes, I can tell you...you sound creepy!!!