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Read this or die! On Halloween, here are some classic deadly e-myths

Heard the one about the woman who reached under the bed every night for the dog to lick her hand - until one day, it wasn't the dog?

Laura Davis
Wednesday 31 October 2012 01:00 GMT
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Email forwards were once the bane of any internet user's e-life.

Now and then, the odd forward is still sent on, warning of the many ways we can get tricked and how to best prevent it. But which ones do you take seriously?

From cockroaches to killer ball pits, we dispel some classic email horror myths.

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