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I can always find mention of it on most of these sites.
It asks you to forward itself to everyone you know.
It offers something for nothing.
It references "My brother's girlfriend's uncle" or similar distant connection.
It says "This is legal."
It says "I asked a lawyer and he says "This is legal"".
It refers to a company even you've heard of.
It is full of other people's email addresses. The last one Ron sent had 78 email addresses in it.
It says "It was on the news" or "I saw it on TV".
It mentions a dying child.
Some people create them as a challenge, to see how far they will travel. The ultimate reward is seeing one of the pretty faces on CNN mention it.
To collect email addresses. Every time someone like Ron forwards a hoax he adds about 50 valid email addresses to it. Eventually someone will send the hoax to a spammer who will extract the addresses and send junk email to them.
Why do teenagers exist?