I recently received a forwarded email from a friend with a subject line that instructed me to print out and place in your car. Thinking that this might be something I should know about, I opened the email (I have lots of virus protection so I took a chance) and read about 5 things I never knew my cell phone could do. I was a bit skeptical and so I did what I always do when I get these forwarded emails offering some bit of crucial information, political insight, or tear-jerker story. I checked it out on Snopes.com.
If you have never used Snopes.com, I suggest that the next such forwarded email you receive, you copy the subject line and paste it into Google. One of the first sites that should come up on your search will be Snopes.com.
Snopes will give you the text of the email or a variation of the email, tell you the date it first hit the web and what is know about the origin. Then each point the email makes will be covered as to accuracy.
I emailed my friend after I read what Snopes had to say and I sent her the link. She thanked me as she always does when I send her the Snopes link. One day she will check out Snopes first to be sure she is not only sending her friends accurate information but relying on accurate information herself.
Check out what Snopes had to say about this particular email.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp