The Woman Who Died of Aids Because of an HIV-Infected Needle in a Soft Drink Machine–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The alleged story of Jennifer Hudson, an Arizona woman who was nicked by an HIV-infected needle and died of AIDS. The Truth: This is a hoax. There are numerous versions of stories of HIV-infected needles being …
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Petition to President Bush Regarding the Future of Zimbabwe-Truth! But Origin and Impact Uncertain Summary of eRumor: An email petition that asks the recipient to add his or her name to the bottom and pass it along to others. Every 100th person is to forward it to the email address of the President of …
This simple email encourages people all over the United States to light candles at 7p Eastern Time to show the unity of Americans in standing against the terrorism of September 11, 2001.
Help Identify a Young Girl Left Alone by the Tsunami–Truth! but Resolved! Summary of eRumor: Picture of a young girl said to be a lonely survivor of the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand. The Truth: According to UNICEF’s child trafficking arm The Innocenti Research Centre, this girl was a victim of the South Asian tsunami, but …
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This message includes a tip to help avoid spreading viruses. Since many viruses automatically email themselves to people in your address book, create a new entry that will foil the attempt. Give the new entry the name of !0000 or AAAAAA and do not put any email address in the entry. That way it will be the first in the address book. When a virus tries to send itself to every address, it won’t get very far because the familiar error message will appear that says it could not be sent because of either a missing email address or a bad address.
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.
Steven Spielberg is Planning a Film on the Crusades as a Response to The Passion.–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Steven Spielberg is quoted as saying he’s going to fight fire with fire and release a film on the Crusades in reaction to Mel Gibson’s film The Passion. The Truth: The eRumor is a hoax. We don’t …
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Nostradamus Predicted the Terrorist Attack on New York–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An eRumor is circulating that quotes what it says are predictions of the famous 16th century astrologer Nostradamus that seem to anticipate the attack on New York by terrorists on September 11. The prophecy is said to have referred to the …
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The Pictures of the Man-Eating Snake–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor comes in several versions. All of them include pictures of a large snake that has obviously swallowed a very large meal. Then there are pictures of a human body apparently being cut from the belly of the snake. The differences among the versions are …
Picture of a Great White Shark Attacking a Soldier Hanging From a Helicopter-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The picture is of a military helicopter hovering over the ocean with a soldier dangling from a ladder. A great white shark is leaping from the water at the soldier. Some versions say the picture is from England …
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