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"Virus Hoax:
Give-Away Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 21
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Honda Giveaway
September 1999
This chain letter claims that Honda will give you a new car if it gets
forwarded to enough people. Honda had a notice at their website
indicating that this is totally false.
Subject: Fw: New Wheels! Please forward this ... (fwd)
First off, I just want everyone to know that this is the real thing. I
forwarded this message to everyone I know about 6 months ago and last
week a Honda employee showed up at my house with my brand new 1999 Civic
EX!!! It is so funny because I never believed these things worked and
actually I sent this one as a joke to all my friends. But they
forwarded the message too and now I have received a new car!!!
My best friend actually hasn't gotten his car just yet but he checked
the balance of his Honda Account and it has reached nearly $11,000!!! If
you like Honda's or you just want a new car, please forward this message
it is the real thing.
Bob Stanley, Denver Colorado
Friends,
Look I know this sounds too good to be true, and that's what I thought
too. But I called Honda's headquarters in Japan and spoke to an American
representative myself and it really is true! They assured me that this
the real thing! I still wasn't convinced but I called three weeks later
and my Honda account balance has reached the unbelievable sum of
$12,500!!! So even if you don't believe this, forward it anyway so my
account will continue to grow until I get my brand new Prelude!!!
Steve Kelly, Minneapolis Minnessota
Dear valued potential customers:
Here at Honda we have been well known for over 20 years for providing
the best in reliabillity, comfort, and style. Over the years we have
risen to be one of the top auto industries here in Japan. But that isn't
enough. We want to be number one in the US. Now our twentieth
anniversary for making cars is here!!! This is the perfect opportunity
for you and us here at Honda to celebrate our 20 years of excellent
service. We have been trying to think of ideas to get more people to
know about our cars. And with technology and e-mail being the wave of
the future, we want to jump on this opportunity. So we have set up a
rewards system to repay those who help us spread the word about Honda.
Our marketing staff has designed a special program that traces this
message as it travels across the US. Anyone who forwards this e-mail,
will immediately have an account at their local Honda dealer opened in
their name. This account will initially be opened with a credit of
$1,000 toward any new or used vehicle at their participating dealership.
For each person you forward this e-mail to, the amount of $200 will be
added to your account. If the recipients of this e-mail forward it you
will be rewarded an additional $100 for each person it reaches and if
they also forward it your account continues to grow in $100 increments.
You can log onto our website at http://www.Honda.com to check the
balance of your account. If things go well and everyone participates you
should see your account grow quite quickly. Follow the on screen
instructions to order the specific make and model of Honda you want to
buy with your account. We hope that this is a rewarding experience for
you and us. Our goal is to reach over 1 million computers by the year
2000.
I thank you for your time and business.
Sincerely, Kageyama Hironobu Senior Honda Marketing Advisor
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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