Showing posts with label Practical jokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Practical jokes. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

April Fool! You've got mail

Leave it to Google to show that, unlike the rest of the U.S. economy, a company can be gigantic and still have some fun. I was checking my Gmail account this morning and there, flashing in the upper bar, was a message to Try the new email autopilot. Well, maybe a good idea? If Google thinks so, let's have a look.

Here's the click: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html

Pretty serious until I looked at the first example and there Prince Joe Eboh was offering a lot of money and there the autopilot response was to send one's SSN and mother's maiden name.