Visiting www.thehungersite.com Will Help Fight World Hunger-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Emails and newsgroup messages suggest browsing to TheHungerSite.com, and that merely visiting there will help feed the hungry. The Truth: This one comes across looking like a rumor, but it is not. It feels to many people like the emails that say, …
Food distributed through clicking a web site-Truth! Read More »
Pray for the President with www.presidentialprayerteam.org–Truth! Summary of eRumor: This report says that www.presidentialprayerteam.org is trying to get 2.8 million people to agree to pray regularly for the president. The Truth: We’ve looked into this and it’s a legitimate effort with the endorsement of numerous Christian leaders including Dr. Paul Cedar of the …
Presidential Prayer Team organizing prayer for the president-Truth! Read More »
Paige Lane, the Seriously Ill 5 year old Girl Who Wants Cards Sent to Her- Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The story that is circulated says that 5 year old Paige Lane is seriously ill and wants as many greeting cards to be sent to her as possible. he Truth: Paige Lane is …
Paige Lane, a 5-year old who is very sick wants your greeting cards-Fiction! Read More »
Help Find Nine-Year old Penny Brown–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An appeal from a mother to help locate her missing 9 year old daughter, Penny Brown. The Truth: This has been circulating long enough and without any evidence whatsoever that it is true that we are classifying it as fiction. In a classic act of …
Forward an Email, Get Medical Care for Kalin from Alabama- Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it is from Katie Relek of Alabama. It says her son, Kalin, is 7 years old and was struck by a car in front of her home. She says he’s alive, but in serious condition, has …
Forward an email for medical care for Kalin-Fiction! Read More »
Email Petition To The President Sponsored By Mothers Against Drunk Driving-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it is part of an effort by MADD to get 5,000 signatures to the President of the United States. It then includes an emotional poem written from the perspective of a young person writing to …
MADD-sponsored email petition for the president of the U.S.-Fiction! Read More »
Eighteen Year Old Jeff Has Cancer, Forwarded Emails Will Help Pay His Expenses-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Jeff deLeon has lung cancer from second hand smoke as well as a tumor from being beaten. The doctors say he’ll die without medical care, but his family can’t pay for it, so Make A Wish foundation will …
Eighteen Year Old Jeff has cancer, forwarded emails will help pay his expenses-Fiction! Read More »
Five-year-old Jessica Koopmans is Missing in Canada-Once Truth!–Now Resolved Summary of eRumor: Little Jessica Koopans is missing after having been taken from her front yard in North Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The Truth: This email got started shortly after Jessica disappeared on May 4, 2001. Six days later, her body was found about an hour away …
5-year-old Jessica Koopmans is missing in Canada-Once Truth! Now Resolved! Read More »
Hotmail Is Shutting Down, May Cancel Accounts Or Start Charging Unless You Send Emails Protesting The Action-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are a number of Hotmail eRumors making the rounds: …In one, an email from a Hotmail executive says Hotmail is getting too crowded and that you should forward his email to 20 people …
Hotmail will shut down if you don't forward an email about it-Fiction! Read More »
A Fourth-Grade Class In Riverton, Illinois Wants Your Emails-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The fourth graders at Riverton Elementary School in Riverton, Illinois, are conducting an email project. They ask that emails be forwarded and replies be sent to them until April 9, 2001. They are keeping track of the emails and where they are from on …
