Turn $3 into $10,000 with PayPal–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is a long email that suggests a technique for using the PayPal online payment service for making thousands of dollars in an easy and inexpensive way. The Truth: This email may attract the interest of younger users of the Internet who have never heard of …
Email about a PayPal Class Action Settlement–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor says that there is a class action settlement between PayPal and certain people who opened PayPal accounts between October, 1999 and January, 2004. The Truth: The class action is real and the email is authentic…but a lot of people who received it wondered …
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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” 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 …
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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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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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.
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.
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 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 …
A tax refund on 2006 forms for excise tax on long-distance phone
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