In 1996, Sony Corp. had to break its no-comment policy on acquisition rumors when a fake e-mail purportedly from its chairman to Apple Computer's CEO started making the rounds.

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Getting that burst of adrenalin from junk mail is a fake high.

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Many spammers align with online pharmacies and direct those who click on links in junk mail to the pedlars of fake pills.

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The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has told computer users to be wary of potential e-mail scams, as well as fake anti-virus and phishing attacks regarding the Japan earthquake and the tsunami disasters.

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The e-mail that Hisayusu Nagata flourished turned out to be fake.

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One e-mail claims to have duped CNN into reporting the words of a fake pro-Syrian commentator.

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