An eRumor alleges that a veteran who was killed in action posthumously reached out to the new owner of his beloved dog, “Tank,” to explain his situation and to offer advice to care for the dog in a touching letter.
Two photographs taken of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens during the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya are circulating in forwarded emails. They allege that Ambassador Stevens was dragged through the streets in a preplanned attack while the Obama Administration has called it a protest over an Anti-Muslim video.
Rumors that the Internal Revenue service has hired Mohammad Weiss Rasool, the man who tipped off al-Qaida terrorist suspect Al-Awlaki.
This is a forwarded email about Governor Mitt Romney that says when his business partner’s fourteen year old daughter went missing that Romney halted all business at Bain Capital, asked all employees to fly to New York City to help find the missing teen.
After the high jacked airliner hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, a team of U.S. Marines helped evacuate children at the facility’s daycare.
There are various eRumors about fund-raising projects that involve collecting and recycling pop-tabs from soft drink cans.
A boy from a poor family who was a door-to-door salesman ran out of money. He was hungry and decided to ask for food from the next person who answered the door. He ended up merely asking for a glass of water, however, and the woman he asked brought him a glass of milk instead. Many years later, the poor boy was now a famous physician named Dr. Howard Kelly and the woman who gave him the glass of milk was seriously ill. He gave himself to her care, she recovered, and when the bill was presented, Dr. Kelly wrote, “Paid in full with one glass of milk.”
Said to be an interview with U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi. It first circulated before she was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and, among other things, says that she wants to enact a 100% tax on ” windfall profits and income created by the Bush administration.”
A flier appearing on social media sites alleges that October 31 has been proclaimed National Kill a Pit Bull Day.
A forwarded video of a man walking on the beach who got attacked and eaten by a killer whale has gone viral on the World Wide Web.
