The Rock Climber Who Lost a Contact Lens, Prayed, and it Was Found Being Carried by An Ant-Claimed to Be True! Summary of eRumor: Brenda went on a rock-climbing expedition and her contact lens was knocked out while she was hanging on the rock face. When she finished her climb, she thought about the …
Ant and contact lens-an inspirational rock-climbing story-Unproven! Read More »
Forward An Email to Be Exempt From a Big Virus Scheduled to Hit AOL-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: You are asked to forward this email to others. It warns that an “elite group of hackers” is going to create a huge virus that it will knock you off AOL forever. If you want to …
AOL Virus-Forward an email to protect yourself from it-Fiction! Read More »
Visit a Web Address And See Your Baby Pictures Or an Instant Snapshot Online-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This message comes in various forms. Some simply give a web address that says it has a picture of you posted. Others pretend to have installed a feature that can actually take your picture while …
Visit a web address and see your baby pictures or an instant snapshot online-Fiction! 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 »
Forward An Email to Save AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messaging, and ICQ-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says that your favorite instant messaging service is about to eliminate or start charging for its instant messaging service because of “bad reports” or because of high costs. Votes are needed and you are asked …
AOL Instant Messaging will disappear if you don't forward emails about it-Fiction! Read More »
The Suicidal Man Who Got a Call From “Almighty God”–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The pastor of a church called “Almighty God Tabernacle” calls his wife from the office one Saturday night, but is puzzled why he doesn’t get an answer because he knows she’s home. Later, when he sees her and asks why she …
Spiritually needy man who got a voice mail message from "Almighty God"-Fiction! Read More »
The Airline Captain that Told His Passengers to Take Over If Anyone Tried to Hijack His Plane–Truth! Summary of eRumor: A passenger writes an account of her experience aboard an airliner shortly after the terrorist hijackings of September 11. She says the pilot gave a pep-talk before take-off that included his instruction that the …
Airline pilot who asked his passengers to take action if hijacked-Truth! Read More »
Petition for Protesting Human Rights Abuses against Women in Afghanistan-Outdated! Summary of eRumor: This email outlined some of the horrific conditions for women in the country of Afghanistan and asked that you add your name to the bottom of the email, then send it to a person at Brandeis University to help the women. …
Women in Afghanistan, a petition to help them-Fiction! Read More »
The Movie “The Man Without A Face” is Based on the Life of Mel Gibson-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email provides a narrative of a handsome young aspiring actor whose parents moved from the United States to Australia when he was young. He was attacked by thugs one night and left for dead, his …
The film "The Man Without A Face" is about actor Mel Gibson-Fiction! Read More »
The facts on the email rumor that atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair is petitioning the FCC to take references to God off the television program Touch by An Angel.
