Money / Financial – Page 3 – Truth or Fiction?

Scammers Using Clever Schemes to Try to Get Your Personal Financial Information-Truth!

Money / Financial, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Various emails, telephone calls, or letters claiming to be from financial institutions, retailers, or websites and saying that they need you to verify your personal financial information. Some of them say your credit card may have been used in a fraudulent transaction that they are calling to unravel the details. Some claim that you must periodically verify your information in order to keep using their services.

Scam to get your credit card number-Scam!

Money / Financial, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

You Could Get the Proceeds From a Porn Business Put Into Your Bank Account–Scam! Summary of eRumor: This is a confusing email that says money from a porn site is due you then it asks for your credit card information. The Truth: This is a scam that may have originated from someone who …

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The Mondex chip for the right hand and forehead-Mostly Fiction!

Computers, Money / Financial, Religious, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

The Mondex Digital Chip for Implanting in the Right hand or the Head-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor comes in various forms including a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. It describes new technology that can use tiny electronic chips to identify the person who has the chip and that it could be part of a future …

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Not One Damn Dime Day-Grass Roots Effort!

Money / Financial, Pleas, War / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

“Not One Damn Dime Day” on January 20th, 2005, Bush’s Inauguration Day-Grass Roots Effort! Summary of eRumor: An email alleged to be passed around the Internet and calling for a “Not One Damn Dime Day” on January 20, 2005, the day of the inauguration of George W. Bush for his second term in office. It …

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Special GI insurance dividend for veterans-Fiction!

Military, Money / Financial, Promises / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Special GI Insurance Dividend for Veterans–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The claim is that U.S. military veterans are eligible for a special insurance dividend passed by Congress. You will not receive it unless you ask for it. You are given a form to fill out and to send to an address in Philadelphia. The eRumor outlines …

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The killer who uses a $5 bill to lure victims-Fiction!

Money / Financial, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Serial Killer Uses a $5 Bill to Lure His Victims–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email tells what is alleged to be a first-hand story of a citizen’s close encounter with what may have been a killer that is on the loose in Lafayette, Louisiana. The witness says that at a gas station, he (or she) …

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Distribute Money for the U.N.

Miscellaneous, Money / Financial, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A foreign group involving the United Nations and the International Monetary fund wants you to distribute money for them and you can keep 10 percent.

A List of America's Worst Charities-Reported to be True!

Miscellaneous, Money / Financial / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

This forwarded email contains what appears to be a graphic image taken from an article that alleges to be an investigative report on charitable organizations and how much money they collect that actually goes to the cause of the charity.

Medicare Patients Pay "Under Observation" Expenses-Truth!

Government, Medical, Money / Financial / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

This is a forwarded email that alleges that a change in policy for Medicare patients could end up costing them lots of money. It warns that if they are admitted into a hospital to insist on “In-Patient” designation. If the Medicare patients are designated as “Under Observation” they will not be covered by Medicare and end up having to have to pay the hospital expenses.

A tax refund on 2006 forms for excise tax on long-distance phone calls-Truth!

Government, Miscellaneous, Money / Financial / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A Tax Credit on 2006 Forms For Excise Taxes on Phone Calls-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The IRS is offering a tax credit on 2006 tax forms for money paid in excise taxes on telephone calls. The Truth: The eRumor is long, detailed, and complicated but it is true that on your tax forms for …

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