[whattajoke]

It started with the magic words “email I received”. That should be a red flag right there.

In the 16 century, red dye was used sparingly as it was expensive to produce. Red flags were hung only in the direst of circumstances, usually when marauding Huns were on the way. Hence the term, "a red flag right there."

[mnehring]

Did you know when people used to get messages that they knew where bogus or a fraud, they would yell out “eeeeeeee” in a way to scare off evil spirits, thus the term e-mail.

[goat granny]

I don’t know about the 16th century, but in the early America, red was a barn color because blood could be added to white pigment...