A fifth-grade class in Texas Wants Your Emails Once Truth!-Now Ended! Summary of eRumor: This email says the fifth-grade class at Tomball Intermediate School in Tomball, Texas, is doing an email project and wants to receive emails from all over the world. The Truth: According to a spokesperson at Tomball Intermediate school, this …
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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 …
Click on www.givewater.org and Provide Water for Those Who Need it in Africa and Asia –Truth! Summary of eRumor:An appeal for helping provide clean water in Africa and Asia by visiting a website where your click of the mouse will help contribute. The site is www.givewater.org. The Truth: Clicks for cash has become a popular …
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Click on a website to Donate Cans of Campbell’s Soup to the Hungry–Truth! but Now Over! Summary of eRumor:This email says that in New York and Washington D.C., there is going to be a lot of pressure on food banks because of the terrorist attacks. If you go to a Cambell’s Soup site, you can …
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Cancer patient Craig Shergold Wants to Break The World Record for Receiving Greeting Cards–Previously Truth! Now Ended! Summary of eRumor:An email says that 9-year old Craig Shergold of Carshalton, Great Britain is dying of Cancer. As a dying wish, he wants to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by collecting the most greeting …
Send greeting or business cards to cancer victim Craig Shergold-Fiction! Read More »
Help Find 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, Missing From San Diego–Truth! But Now Over! Summary of eRumor: Little Danielle van Dam was the object of what has become a nationwide search after her mysterious disappearance from the family home in San Diego. The Truth: This became a nationally-followed story with a tragic end. The body …
Help find 7-year-old Danielle van Dam from San Diego-Truth! But now over! Read More »
An email from ERIC WAYNE KEY says that his 31 year old sister-in-law, Dawne, has lung cancer, and he asks that you go to her website to consider helping the family financially or at least leaving a message of encouragement.
Tie a Navy Blue Ribbon Around Your Mailbox Pole to Honor Postal Workers–Grass Roots Effort! Summary of eRumor:To honor postal workers who are in the line of fire when it comes to bioterrorism, tie a navy blue ribbon around your mailbox pole. The Truth: There is no official organization that we know of that is …
Focus on “Amber Alerts” The term “Amber Alert” is being used a lot with stories about missing children. The Amber Alert system originated in Arlington, Texas after nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered in 1996. A quick response is important in child abductions. A report in Time Magazine said that seventy-four percent of children …
Forward Emails about Savannah Foraker and She’ll Get Financial Help for Her Illness-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it’s from Antonia Foraker of Delight, West Virginia and that her daughter Savannah has a rare blood disease. The email says that local businesses have offered to pay a nickel for each email that is forwarded …
Savannah Foraker-forward emails to help with her medical costs-Fiction! Read More »
