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HELP!Someone

HELP!

Someone I DON"T KNOW e-mailed me saying to forward that message to five different people of I will die within two days! My religion doesn't believe in superstitions; we believe they're a serious sin. What should I do? Admin, you can give advice as well.  

submitted by Mag Fan
(March 7, 2014 - 8:51 am)

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Ignore the part about forwarding it and dying. I've had people I know send those to me. I never forward it and I'm still here. Are you sure that you don't know the person? If you don't, then I would just ignore that unless they email you again. They probably meant to send it to someone they know who has a similar email to yours.

submitted by Ivy
(March 7, 2014 - 3:19 pm)

Thanks, Ivy. No, I do not know that person. I guess they just sent it to me as a mistake. Now I will be able to enjoy my dinner in peace, without worrying about dying in two days! ;P

submitted by MAG Fan, age here, Thankful
(March 7, 2014 - 6:15 pm)

I'm glad I could help! When I first got my phone I kept getting texts and phone calls from people I didn't know. It was the friends of the person whose number it used to be. I guess they didn't know she had changed it. And like Everinne said, if for some reason they keep emailing you, you might want change your email. Most likely it was just a mistake.

submitted by Ivy
(March 7, 2014 - 8:43 pm)

This is one of the times when I'm glad I don't have e-mail.

submitted by Evlyn, Maine
(July 17, 2014 - 12:42 pm)

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submitted by TOP
(March 7, 2014 - 5:50 pm)

Ooh.. I'm sorry. My friend got one of those once. They're called chain email, I think? Anyways, she never forwarded it and she's still alive, so don't worry. Like Ivy said, ignore the thing, and don't worry.

submitted by Katie M, age 11, Chelsea, MI
(March 7, 2014 - 6:56 pm)

Don't listen to those things. They're just meant to freak you out. But here one thing: if you're signed up (via email) to receive updates from blogs and diverse websites, that might be how someone found out your address. If they keep cropping up and you're certain that someone you don't know is sending them, change your email adress. Better be safe than annoyed.

May I just say, Mag Fan, that you seem to have horrible luck with nasty people on the Internet? 

submitted by Everinne, age 14, Hidden
(March 7, 2014 - 7:15 pm)

Oh I've gotten things like that. Don't listen to it. People have sick and warped ideas of fun, and this is one of them. You WON'T die, or be cursed, or have a close friend or relative, or whatever stupid garbage they tell you. I've seen and been sent things like that, and they're entirely pointless. 

submitted by Blonde Heroines Rule
(March 7, 2014 - 9:48 pm)

Ignore it and move on with your day.  There is no way they could actually kill you, but it can still be scary at first! 

submitted by Gollum
(March 8, 2014 - 11:08 am)

Yes, Everinne, I have. *sigh* Oh, well. Thanks for the advice, everyone. I feel much better now.

submitted by Mag Fan, age afraid, not the internet
(March 7, 2014 - 11:58 pm)

Mag Fan, it's no big deal. I get chain mails from people sometimes saying I'll die, but they're not sincere. It doesn't mean anything bad at all so don't worry. I got a text from some random person by accident from a guy at an Indian Festival. They might have been mistaken in sending you an e-mail too.

submitted by Moss, age 13
(March 9, 2014 - 9:05 am)

You guys were right! It has been over two days since I received the e-mail and I'M STILL ALIVE!!!!! :D  If I ever get one of those again, I'll know they're just meant to freak the receiver out. And with me, it worked. =S

submitted by Mag Fan
(March 10, 2014 - 8:11 am)