My other half (“who should know better” I hear you cry) forwarded on the message below. <\/p>\n
FREE \u00a360 SAINSBURY’S VOUCHER!
\nHi Guys
\nThis does work, just had a reply back from my cousin who sent it, saying he has just received his voucher, Nice eh? Send this email on to 10 people and copy in J.sainsburys@customerservices.com, Then Sainsbury’s will forward you a \u00a360 voucher via email Fab – Just in time for Christmas<\/p><\/blockquote>\nOf course, it is a hoax. It’s obvious, surely everybody can see that? Well, the truth is, it’s not that obvious and this particular hoax is still catching folks out! So what makes this so obviously a hoax?<\/p>\n
Well, there are a few tell-tale signs. <\/p>\n
The e-mail alias<\/strong> is playing on your impression of the big name that is behind the supermarket in question, you’d like to think that J.sainsburys is a reliable alias. Wrong on two counts. Firstly, the small ‘s’ is a clue, it should be uppercase. Secondly, it’s “J Sainsbury”, there’s no need for the trailing ‘s’. Don’t believe me? Check it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Then there’s the capital ‘T’ just after the ‘,’ – that’s just wrong. And no ‘.’ before ‘Fab’. And the capital ‘J’ in ‘Just’. And the capital ‘N’ in ‘Nice’. Always check grammar, spelling<\/strong>, etc. if you have even the slightest suspicion that something isn’t what it seems. Oh, and no ‘.’ closing the sentence.<\/p>\n
The domain name<\/strong>, customerservices.com, has nothing to do with the supermarket. If this domain is still alive, it only serves to collect e-mail addresses from unsuspecting individuals who’ll be spammed later.<\/p>\n
How easy is it to check for these hoaxes? Well, your favourite search engine is usually a good place to start. Check out J.sainsburys hoax<\/a> to see what I mean.<\/p>\n
So remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!<\/p>\n
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My other half (“who should know better” I hear you cry) forwarded on the message below. FREE \u00a360 SAINSBURY’S VOUCHER! Hi Guys This does work, just had a reply back from my cousin who sent it, saying he has just received his voucher, Nice eh? Send this email on to 10 people and copy in … Continue reading It’s a scam, it’s a hoax, but how do you know?<\/span>