Millions of Dollars of Gold Bars Found by Coalition Troops in Iraq-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor is mostly in pictures. One is an American soldier holding a gold bar. Another is a picture of gold bars being removed from a truck and stacked on pallets on the ground. One picture is of what …
Millions of dollars of gold bars found in Iraq-Fiction! Read More »
Petition to President Bush to Lower Gas and Diesel Prices in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina–Grass Roots Effort! Summary of eRumor: This is a petition for you to add your name to and forward to others. After 2000 names, it is to be sent to President Bush asking him and Congress to lower gas and …
Petiton to President Bush for lower gas prices after Katrina-Grass roots
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IRS Warning about Identity Theft Scheme Through the Mail-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The message says the IRS has issued an alert about crooks who are mailing official-looking documents said to be from your bank and from the IRS to trick you into disclosing personal information. The Truth: This one is true. It’s actually two different …
Warning about a scam to steal your identity through the mail-Truth! Read More »
An eRumor says that during the week that Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, a homosexual event called “Southern Decadence Day” was due to take place in New Orleans.
More Persecution in Uzbekistan Under Clinton than Bush?-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: An email sent by a pastor about an experience he had at a pastor’s conference. He quotes a pastor from Uzbekistan (formerly the Soviet Union) who said that Christians were persecuted worse when Bill Clinton was president than while George W. Bush has been …
More Christian persecution in Uzbekistan when Clinton was
president?-Unproven! Read More »
Storm Pictures of Hurricane Katrina-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email that includes several storm pictures alleged to be of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Truth: None of these pictures are from Hurricane Katrina. All of them were either created or last revised in October, 2004 and most appear to have been taken in June, …
Forward an Email for Jasmine, Who Lost Her Father in The World Trade Center and Whose Mother Needs Surgery–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The message is allegedly from an 11-year-old named Jasmine whose father died in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and whose mother is hospitalized. She says …
Finally, a chain email so flimsy it actually stopped circulating.
Jennifer Tilly is Her Sister Meg’s Body Double in a Film Nude Scene–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A persistent rumor that actress Jennifer Tilly was the body double for her sister Meg in a nude scene in the film The Body Snatchers. The Truth: Jennifer Tilly says this rumor is not true. Her sister, Meg, …
Jennifer Tilly is a body double for her sister Meg?-Fiction! Read More »
The American Red Cross is Donating Fifty Cents for Every Fifty Emails Forwarded for Victims of Hurricane Katrina–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are a couple of versions of this eRumor. One is said to be from a person named Brenda or Loily and says that the Red Cross has offered to give fifty cents for …
Forward an email for the Red Cross for victims of hurricane
Katrina-Fiction! Read More »
