A forwarded email that usually goes by the title of “Hacker Alert” naming various people who can harm your computers simply by replying to an email from them. Some of the names may include Simon Ashton or Christopher Butterfield. Sometimes these alerts may include information about real of fictitious virus and worms.
Four-year old Girl Intoxicated From Hand Sanitizer-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The author of the email says her 4-year old daughter ate hand sanitizer at pre-school and was rushed to the hospital with potentially deadly alcohol intoxication. The Truth: The story is true, although with one glaring factual error. According to a Fox 23 Tulsa television …
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The Fox News host was part of a long line of right-wing rhetoric demonizing Muslims.
This is a forwarded email that warns of a clause in the Health Care bill that was inserted by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada to prevent any changes or repeal. It warns that on page 1,000 of the measure, Section 3403 that it reads: “it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.” The email goes on to warn that if President Barack Obama signs this measure into law, no future Senate or House will be able to change a single word of Section 3403, regardless whether future Americans or their representatives in Congress wish otherwise!!
The story of Hee Ah Lee, a concert pianist who has only four fingers.
Forward an Email to Help Cover Medical Costs for a 6-year old Badly Burned in a Fire at Wal-Mart-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A story about a 6-year old girl who, while on a visit to Wal-Mart with her brother, gets trapped in a bathroom during a fire. At first her family assumes she has died …
Fashion Tips from Actress Audrey Hepburn-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A series of one-line beauty tips said to be from actress Audrey Hepburn. The Truth: According to Hepburn’s biographer, Barry Paris, these words were not written by Hepburn but by humorist Sam Levinson. Hepburn was known to quote them, however. Updated 4/12/06
World’s Largest Dog?-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A story with a picture about a dog said to be named Hercules that has become the “World’s Largest Dog” in the Guinness World Records. It is an English Mastiff that weights in at 282-pounds and has a 38-inch neck. The Truth: Hercules, the massive English …
Hershey is moving business from the U.S. to Mexico
Pastor-Singer Hezekiah Walker is Homosexual and Leaving the Pulpit-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The forwarded email says that minister and musician Hezekiah Walker, known at “The Hip-Hop Pastor,” has come out of the closet as a homosexual, is divorcing his wife, Monique Walker, will step down from his position at his church, and is …
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