Hoax Email

A hoax is an email that gets mailed in chain letter fashion describing some devastating, highly unlikely type of virus. You can usually spot a hoax because there is no file attachment, no reference to a third party who might validate the claim, and the overall 'tone' of the message.

For more information on hoaxes, see: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html or http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org