Here's another site that can be used to verify the validity of an email:
http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
I've gotten 2 hoaxes this week: One stating that you will recieve a check for over 200.00 for every email that you forward because Intel & AOL was merging
and
One "bewaring" everyone of people who ask you to smell perfume because it's actually ether and they will knock you out, abduct, or either rob you.
Also, there was a hoax floating around that Whitney Houston had died.