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Forward an Email--See a Person Standing on a Bridge-Fiction!

 
Summary of the eRumor:  
In the message is a beautiful picture of a bridge in a wooded setting.  The message underneath the picture says that if you forward the message to at least 5 people a person will appear standing on the bridge.  The sender asks "Let me know if you know the person?"
 
The Truth:  
This is one of those emails that appeals to the notion that forwarded messages are somehow tracked and that the Internet will know that you have forwarded it to 5 people.

The fact is that no one will appear on the bridge.  Somehow people get a kick out of creating a meaningless message that they know will get forwarded by unknowing victims.

Updated 1/11/08
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

Forward it to at least 5 people,  a person will appear standing on this bridge . Let me know if you know the person ? OKAY !

 
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