Crime / Police

Vermont teddy bears for terrorist victims-Truth!

Vermont Teddy Bears for Children Affected by the Terrorist Attacks on September 11–Truth! but Now Over!   Summary of eRumor: The Vermont Teddy Bear company is asking you to come to their site and pick out a bear to be sent to the children who lost loved ones in New York and Washington D.C.  There …

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Obama's Poverty Tax- Truth! & Fiction!

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.

Klingerman Virus is coming to people's homes in blue envelopes-Fiction!

A Virus Deadly to Humans is Being Spread by Envelopes in the Mail –Fiction!   Summary of eRumor:  This email says a malady called THE KLINGERMAN VIRUS is being randomly spread through the U.S. Mail and that there have been deaths as a result.  Some versions say the warning has been issued by the Schwab …

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Krystava Patients Schmidt, a missing girl-Truth! Now Resolved!

Twenty-month Old Krystava Patients Schmidt is Missing from Minnesota-Once Truth!  Now Resolved! Summary of eRumor: An email from the mother, Christine Schmidt, says she lives in Mounds View, Minnesota and that her 20-month old girl, Krystava Patients, has been abducted.  She says she was last seen with a “Becky Lynn Deamond” in 1997 who took …

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Gang members hiding in the back seats of cars to kidnap women-Mostly Fiction!

Police Warning about Gang Members Hiding in the Back Seats of Cars to Kidnap Women-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A warning is being issued by police in major cities about gang members who are kidnapping women to rape or kill.  It’s part of a gang initiation ritual and the gang members are hiding in the …

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HIV-infected needles in the handles of gas pumps In Florida or New York-Fiction!

  HIV-Infected Needles in the Handles of Gas Pumps In Florida or New York-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:  Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida Police Department, or the Buffalo, New York police department, warns that hypodermic needles infected with the HIV virus have been found on gas pump handles.   He claims that in Jacksonville alone, …

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