A satirical piece reputedly depicting Sean Connery's protest against being used in an iMac marketing campaign has gone viral and swept the internet- despite the fact there is no truth to the story. The piece depicts an advertisement that purportedly ran in 1998 showing Connery in the mid-1960s as a pitchman for the iMac. The piece also illustrates a "confidential" letter sent from Connery to Steve Jobs that uses obscenities to protest the use of his image. In the letter, Connery brags about the fact that he is James Bond. There are several clues as to why no one should have ever believed this to be a real story. First, the image of Connery is from 1967 and was used for his endorsement of Dewars Scotch, one of the few products he has ever loaned his image to. The ad even makes reference to Connery's latest Bond film You Only Live Twice. Apparently, some readers don't think it is suspicious that Steve Jobs would be promoting a film that Connery made thirty years previously. Secondly, anyone who knows anything about Connery knows he has spent a lifetime distancing himself from the image of James Bond. The Scottish acting legend never had anything against the character, per se, but came to resent the worldwide fanaticism the 007 series initiated that intruded on his sense of privacy and threatened at one time to see him typecast. Despite these factors, most people believe the story is genuine, proving the old adage from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." For more click here