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July 29, 2009 { 7/29/2009 06:50:00 PM }

John was checking his email one day, and he saw this particular one, which was sent to him from someone HE DID NOT KNOW. The subject of the email sounded urgent, so instead of deleting it, John clicked on it to read it.

Subject: 81 feared dead from swine flu in Mexico

I sent this email to you with a very heavy heart. I’m sure you have heard of the recent swine flu outbreak. Novel influenza A (H1N1) is a new flu virus of swine origin that was first detected in April, 2009. The virus is infecting people and is spreading from person-to-person, and has sparked a growing outbreak of illness in the United States with an increasing number of cases being reported internationally as well.

To date, A/H1N1 flu has killed 337 people in 121 nations and regions and the number of the total infected exceeded 80,000, a top official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. There are already 1003 cases in Singapore, a country known for its stringent health measures.

Just FYI, in 1918, there was flu pandemic -commonly known as the Spanish flu- which was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1, claimed the lives of 50-100 million people. Researchers are speculating if the one that is ongoing will have that high number of death tolls, that is, if the pandemic persists.

I’ve attached a file on how to protect yourself during this period of outbreak. I sincerely urged you to take a look at it, so that you can take the said preventive measures. You are not only protecting yourself, but also the people around you.

My cousin, who lives in Mexico, introduced me to a type of medicine that is said to work effectively. I’ve also given you the link in the file attachment. I strongly encourage you to purchase the medicine, as I have also purchased it myself.

Yours sincerely,
Max Wilkertin

Now, what should John do? Should he open the file attachment? Should he buy the medicine?

ANS: He should not have opened the anonymous email as it could have installed some viruses on his computer that may steal his important personal information and wipe out his computer(ohno........)
He should not go to trusted media, news websites, newspaper, government etc. to confirm the information.Miracles do not happen in real life, so this medicine could most likely be a mixture of this and that and then ALAKAZAM!(KABOOM!) it became a so-called 'miracle medicine'.This could be to cheat him of his credit card number, money.
Whenever we receive this sort of anonymous emails, do not believe them easily. and don't be the stupid one to forward all these to your friends and cause panic and unnecessary trouble to them.(whoever you are? u know ah!:D:D).So believe in the truth not something made up just because a certain person is bored.