Picture Worth a Trillion Dollars: Legislators on Laptops During Hearing-Truth! & Fiction! A forwarded email with a photograph of two lawmakers playing solitaire on their laptop computers during a budget hearing.
California Highway Patrol Officer Cuffs Montecito Fire Battalion Chief -Truth! This is a forwarded story about a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who arrested a Fire Department Battalion Chief during a traffic accident response in Montecito. The firefighter refused the CHP officer's request to move his truck because he was blocking traffic in the fast lane.
The Starbucks Coupon That Went Too Far Starbucks emailed printable coupons to employees urging them to pass the coupons to friends and family. The coupons offered free iced coffee drinks.
Pasadena Police and Hotel Key Cards Pasadena Police-Hotel Key Cards A false eRumor claims that those credit-card sized cards that you get in hotels and that you use as a key to get into your room can contain your confidential financial information–so don’t lose it. In 2003, a version of the eRumor started circulating saying that it had come from the […]
The county supervisor with a red face at a board meeting A county supervisor in Wisconsin marked Memorial Day by reading what turned out to be a filse eRumor at a board meeting.
The ‘Flashing Headlights’ Gang Initiation Ritual Suckered into the “Flashing Headlights” Gang Initiation eRumor One of the enduring false eRumors on the Internet warns motorists not to flash their headlights at any oncoming cars driving with their lights off because it may be a member of a gang who, as part of a gang initiation ritual, may follow you and assault […]
The Kidnap Warning in Deerfield Township in Ohio The Kidnap Warning in Deerfield Township, Ohio On Thursday, May 5, 2005, Deerfield Township in Ohio warned residents of a “local scam” in which gang members would hide in women’s cars at gas stations and kidnap them, according to the Cincinnati Inquirer. Township officials sent out a press release and posted the story on their […]
West Virginia Attorney General's office The Cell Phone Warning of the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office According to the Charleston Daily Mail, the West Virginia Attorney General’s office released a statement on Friday, December 14, 2006, alerting citizens that they should register their cell phone numbers with the Federal “Do Not Call” registry. The release said that the cell phone […]
