Shampoo Containing “SLS” is a Cancer Hazard- Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email warns that a substance called “Sodium Laureth Sulfate” in many shampoos causes cancer. The email claims that in the 1980’s one person in 8,000 got cancer while today the figure is one in three. The Truth: According to the American …
A social commentary penned by Pat Buchanan about race relations in America has appeared in many forwarded emails.
New CD-ROM Computer Game Features Panty Raids-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email says that Simon and Schuster has announced a new CD-ROM computer game where “…to win the game, boys must strip supermodels down to their underwear, then provide photographs of them to aliens who wore out their one lingerie catalog – or else the …
New CD-ROM computer game features panty raids-Truth! Read More »
Congress Is Going to Tax Email Messages-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A widely distributed email warns that legislation has been introduced in congress to add a surcharge to email. Congressional “Bill 602P” would add a 5 cents per email tax in order to make up for millions of dollars being lost by the Postal Service because …
Congress is going to tax email messages-Fiction! Read More »
An Executive from the Procter & Gamble Company Appeared on a TV Show to Say that All the Profits from the Company Go to Satanism-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says that a top executive from Procter & Gamble was on a television talk show such as Sally Jesse Raphael, Phil Donahue, or Jenny …
Executive of Procter & Gamble is a Satanist-Fiction! Read More »
An eRumor that warns readers that Senator Obama sponsored a Global Poverty Tax Bill, SB2433, where not only 850 Billion dollar from American Taxpayers will be sent to the poor in other countries but there is a provision from the United Nations that would ban small and light weapons in all nations, thus violating the American Second Amendment rights.
Forward an Email About OLD NAVY and Get a Gift Certificate-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email has a poem at the beginning, then says it is from the founder of OLD NAVY stores. If you forward the email, you’ll get gift certificates. The Truth: This is a hoax. There is no way for …
Forward an email about OLD NAVY, get a gift certificate-Fiction! Read More »
The English Fisherman Who was Swallowed by a Whale and Survived-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An English commercial fisherman in the early part of the 20th Century is thrown from his whaling ship and presumed lost at sea. Later, he is discovered alive inside a whale that is harpooned by the whaling ship. He is …
A bill would enable medical providers in Michigan to deny care to gay people based on religious beliefs.
McDonald’s Hamburgers has Removed Israel From Its Internet List of Locations and is Targeting Palestinians With Financial Support–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email, which claims to be from an Israeli, says that McDonald’s is donating 30 cents from each meal sold in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian casualties. Additionally, the email claims that McDonald’s …
Money from Saudi Arabian McDonald's helping terrorists-Fiction! Read More »
