Hoax mails and the forwards...........

Emails today are one of the greatest modal values for all kind of communication just about the world and around the office premises. For fairly a long time more than a few emails have been hovering around which allege to save some lives, some emotions and to help someone by forwarding these emails. I am astounded how the people working in a commercial environment deem them while the emails assert to get money by being forwarded.
One email forward purports to be a plea from one "Nirosha Silva" who needs help to cover the cost of an operation to save the life of her husband, who was badly injured in a hit and run accident that also killed her daughter. Nirosha explains that she has already raised 3 lakhs, but needs another 2 lakhs to pay for the operation. The message claims that AOL will donate 5 cents to the family every time the email is forwarded.
While it is possible that the event described in the message may have actually occurred, the claim that AOL will donate money for every forwarded email is pure nonsense. A long line of such supposed charity emails have made similar "money for forwarding" claims. However, all such claims are unfounded. Any claim that a company or charitable organization will donate money based on how many times an email is forwarded, is virtually certain to be false. No sane and reputable organization would ever consider participating in such an outlandish scheme. And, even if one did, there is no reliable or ethical way of tracking how many times an email was forwarded and, therefore, no way of ascertaining how much money was due to be donated.
"Money for forwarding" claims are no more than a ruse to fool recipients into clicking the "Forward" button without due forethought. Coupled with a heart-wrenching tale of ill fortune, the ruse has proved itself to be a very effective way of keeping an email circulating. Some such messages have been passed from inbox to inbox continually for years on end.
In many instances, these messages are outright hoaxes that describe non-existent people and events that never took place. In a few cases, the message began life as a genuine plea for help, but was later defaced by a malicious prankster who tacked on a "money for forwarding" claim. These email chains really bring down the email senses around the corporate and need to be infertile by folks in order to get better performance of companies, employees and the Sensible Outlook…….