Christmas Tree App on Facebook Virus Warning-Fiction!
Warnings have gone viral alleging that a Christmas Tree App on the popular social networking site, Facebook, is really a Trojan -virus.
Warnings have gone viral alleging that a Christmas Tree App on the popular social networking site, Facebook, is really a Trojan -virus.
Louisiana Government Letter Warns of Wal-Mart Employee Fraud-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor is in the form of a scan of a letter from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It warns that Wal-Mart employees are using their camera phones to take a picture of customer’s …
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This is a video message about the consequences of cell phone use at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Burbank, CA. The video was found posted on YouTube.
The story of two men in London who reared a lion cub then arranged for it to be released into the wild in Africa.
The federal government will levy a 15-cent tax on all Christmas trees sold in 2014.
The eRumor tells the story of a woman who accidentally dropped and broke an energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL). After calling the store from which she bought it and being referred to a state agency, she was told to call a professional hazardous waste clean-up company, which told her it was going to cost more than $2,000 to deal with the problem. The email warns about the downside of the CFLs.
Famed dog whisperer Cesar Millan died suddenly after suffering a heart attack.
A forwarded plea for a 5 year old boy named Noah Biorkman who is in the last stages of cancer. His family is requesting that people all around the country mail Christmas cards to their son early, as he is not expected to live to see Christmas this year.
A forwarded email with photos that says painted potholes that are being used to slow down speeders on the roads in Canada.
A forwarded email about a dog named Chai that warns of a defect in a product called “Four Paws Rough and Rugged Pimple Ball”. The defective pet toy caused so much damage that the dog’s tongue had to be amputated.