Bank of America is Offering Credit Cards Without Requiring a Social Security Number-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The upshot of the story is that Bank of America is offering credit cards that can be gotten by illegal immigrants. The Truth: The Wall Street Journal reported in May, 2007, that the Bank of America had “quietly” started …
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Lock Bumping-a Threat to Security at Home or Office-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Stories, some with links to video reports, about a method of opening locks called “lock bumping,” a simple way for the bad guys to be able to open locked doors. The Truth: Lock bumping is real and also very simple and, as of …
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A 1500 year old gold lettered book alleged to be the “Gospel of Barnabas” has surfaced in Turkey. It is made up of loosely-tied leather and written in Aramaic, the language of Israel during the time of Jesus Christ. The book is alleged to say that Judas Iscariot took the place of Jesus at the crucifixion. The book claims that Jesus also prophesied the coming of Muhammad.
Rumors are flying on the Web alleging that the Australian rock band AC/DC is retiring after guitarist Malcolm Young suffered a stroke.
New NBC Show for January, 2006 titled The Book of Daniel–Truth! But Cancelled! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor is in the form of a warning that the new TV show for January, 2006, titled The Book of Daniel is not going to be acceptable to Christians so you are encouraged to write to NBC to …
New NBC Show for January, 2006 titled The Book of Daniel-Truth! But
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A woman was given a business card by a painter. She later got dizzy and realized that the business card had been soaked in some kind of substance that disabled her. The eRumor speculates that it was burundanga, a well-known Colombian drug.
This is a forwarded email that contains an article that alleges that the Presidential nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, is a Muslim convert.
This is a forwarded email that contains what appears to be an article alleging that a former child sex slave said that former President Bill Clinton was present during sex parties in a class action lawsuit against convicted billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
The fallout from a February 2005 extrajudicial shooting by two U.S. Border Patrol agents was picked up as a source of outrage by right-wing media personalities two years later. Jose Alonso Compeán and Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 for charges including discharge of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence for shooting …
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An eRumor quoting a New York Times article from 2003 that claims the Bush administration had recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing industry in a decade, A new agency would be created under the Department of the Treasury to assume supervision of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The concept was met with opposition by the Congressional Democrats because at the time the lending agencies were not facing any kind of financial crisis.
