About six months ago, there was a rummor that Intel and Microsoft had conspired with the Government to build a microphone into every PC so that they could listen in on everything everyone said. If you'd go to this certain web site, they'd prove it. All you did was click on this button and they'd start recording. Then, after thirty seconds or so of recording, they'd play it back for you. Well, what you got was informed that the whole thing was a big joke. And, since you enjoyed this big practical joke so much, why not share it with your friends. In fact, why not just give us your name and e-mail address and the names and e-mail addresses of all your friends and we'll send them a nice note from you sharing this funny joke with them.
Of course, what's really going on here is the collection of e-mail addresses to be later used for Spam.
About three months ago, I got a worried e-mail from my mother saying that she'd received e-mail from a friend of her's saying that somebody had figured out a way to take your picture through your monitor and could watch you while you're online. All you had to do was go to this site and they'd prove it. She tried, but AOL had already blocked the site, so she sent it on to me. It was the same exact scam.
This is that same scam again.
Of course, the other way they make money on this is to sell advertising space on the site and count on everybody's love of a good joke to send their hit count (and, therefore, their ad rate) way up.
I wish I wasn't to ethical, or I could make a fortune doing this sort of thing.
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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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[This message has been edited by Gollnick (edited 01-28-2000).]