scary emails

Hi friends! todaaaaaaay i'm going to talk about....SCARY EMAILS (cue dramatic muzak).
Don't get me wrong, i love the occasional scary urban legend, also the occasional "lock your car doors in such-and-such new way because criminals and rapists have now figured out how to such-and-such by doing such-and-such" email.
My pet peave though, is the email that's sooo untrue and overly dramatic! to spare my own email buddies from the same stress and agony, i (may be a little obsessive, true) check the validity of said emails before forwarding. Here's one i've received a couple times recently:

TWO SUBJECT LINES of which to be AWARE
Just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL.. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION,IT'S on their site also.
PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!
Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!
1.) If you get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged' , don't open the Attachment!!!!
This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel
Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
PLEASE FORWAR D THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
2.) You should be alert during the next few days:
Do not open any message with an attached file called'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.
> It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer!!!!
This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this E-mail to all your contacts.
It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it
If you receive e-mail called 'invitation', even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!! Shut down your computer immediately!!!!
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where=2 0the vital information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!

mmmmmmm NOT TRUE! that person who was all "just verified with snopes yadayada.." LIES!! In case you're curious, i've linked the snopes pages.