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E-Gold Spam Hoax : Founder Douglas Jackson IS NOT dead
A particularly nasty hoax has been spreading itself around the internet via spam messages to countless E-Gold account holders. The message claims that E-Gold founder Douglas Jackson was shot and killed by a police deputy on Friday evening. Here’s one of the emails that C4G Forum members have received :
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E-gold founder, Douglas Jackson, 51, of Sheridan, Mont., was 4 times shot and killed Friday night on the Seventh Street ramp at East Seventh Avenue by off-duty County Deputy Daniel Montana Jr., police said.
A spokesman for the Jackson’s family told Fox 31 that the autopsy details show the shots came from 3 to 7 feet away and were fired at a level angle, not from someone lying on the ground. The investigation is ongoing, said DA spokeswoman Pam Russell. More details at hyipops.com |
This spam email is completely unfounded and the sources (hyipops.com or tellhyip.com in other spam emails) have zero credibility. There is no truth at all to this spam hoax and the people who have launched it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Although many E-Gold account holders are aware that Jackson is not from Montana, evidently there are many who are oblivious to details. If you receive this hoax spam message, just dump it, it’s not true.
Update: The two sites listed in the spam hoax email (hyipops.com and tellhyip.com) are actually passing a Trojan to visitors’ browsers, so *DO NOT* visit the sites under any circumstances. Please see the report here.
by Robin
What a lousy attempt at an early April Fool’s Day joke.
by Pat
What will these hyip scammers and spammers come up with next to get hits to their dying sites ?
by Rajeesh
Vile an contemptible people like this should be thrown in jail and the key tossed away.
by Optional
here is another domain used in the hoax emails that contains a virus: HYIPMYTHS. NET
by Optional
And another one with the virus; egoldtoll .com
by C4G
@Optional - Thanks for adding those domains, I still haven’t received one of these emails myself but evidently this much more than just a silly little hoax.
by Scott Gostyla
That’s almost a hate crime in my book.
Here is a list of sites showing the information:
tinyurl(dot)com/yt94lv
Somebody should go to each one I guess.
by Chadwyck
That’s grotesque… faking someone else’s death…
by Phillip Juan McClore
Dr. Jackson will be remembered in history for his achievement of establishing the e-gold system. It is pretty sad that over the years even his own government and now this atrocious event have become the lay of the land for his life and work. Also a part of his history will be his ability to stand up to and to overcome these averse events.