This email says that there has been a case in Taiwan of a person eating shrimp shortly after taking vitamin-C and then dying. The message claims that the combination somehow causes arsenic poisoning.
Traveler Wakes Up in a Bathtub of Ice to Discover Both of His Kidneys Have Been Stolen – Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are various versions (such as the one below), but they all talk about a traveling businessman or a tourist who becomes involved with someone from the area where he is …
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Gary “Nick” Hogman Requests Prayer For His Wife, Cindy, Who is Battling Cancer-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Thirty-two-year-old Cindy Hogman has been diagnosed with cervical cancer and with slim chances for survival. Her husband, Gary “Nick” Hogman asks your prayers. The Truth: A new version of this email started circulating in 2004 that claimed that …
Pray for Cindy Hogman, an adult with cancer-Truth! Read More »
Dangerous Gas in Car Air Conditioners is Causing Lung Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says that air conditioners in 1985 to 1998 cars are dangerously toxic and are spewing a gas that is the leading cause of Alzheimer’s disease and lung cancer. The Truth: This story is filled with fiction …
Winston Churchill’s Father Paid For The Education of The Discoverer of Penicillin…then, in turn, Winston Churchill’s Life Was Later Saved by Penicillin-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A Scottish farmer saves a drowning boy’s life, but refuses a reward from the boy’s nobleman father. The nobleman then offers to provide an education for the farmer’s son. The …
Petition in Support of The Breast Cancer Protection Act–Truth! Summary of eRumor: A widely circulated message encourages recipients to sign an online petition in support of “The Breast Cancer Protection Act” in the U.S. Congress. It would require insurance companies to cover a minimum of a 48 hour hospital stay for women …
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Visiting www.thebreastcancersite.com Can Help Provide Mammograms For Disadvantaged Women–Truth! Summary of eRumor: An email request says The Breast Cancer site is having trouble meeting their “quota” of donating a free mammogram each day to underprivileged women. You are encouraged to visit the site and click a link that will help accomplish the …
Visit www.thebreastcancersite.com and provide mammograms for needy women-Truth! Read More »
Pray For Baby Delaney in Texas, a Burn Victim-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Eight-month-old Baby Delaney from Florence, Texas, has been severely burned from tipping a deep fryer on herself. She has burns over 40 percent of her body and is facing amputation of three of her fingers. There is fear that she may …
Pray for burn victim Baby Delaney in Texas-Truth! Read More »
Forwarded Emails Will Pay For The Heart Surgery of a Boy in Buenos Aires –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A little boy named Brian in Buenos Aires has a failing heart muscle. An Internet service provider has offered to pay one cent per email that is forwarded with the subject “SOLIDARIDAD CON>>>BRIAN” to pay for Brian’s …
Forwarded emails will pay for the heart surgery of a boy in Buenos Aires-Fiction! Read More »
Bananas from Costa Rica Infected with Flesh Eating Bacteria-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: People are warned by this email not to buy or eat bananas for three weeks because of the discovery that they can carry the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria. The story says that scientists have discovered the bacteria on bananas from Costa Rica, but …
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