Your Credit Card Has Been Used in a Suspicious Transaction at the BestBuy Website–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is a verification request said to be from the BestBuy website. It claims that your credit card has been used in a suspicious transaction. You are asked to visit their website to confirm the transaction. The Truth: …
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Don’t Open “Blue Mountain” Online Greeting Cards Because They May be Infected with a Virus-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are several different versions of this eRumor, but they all tell a story of someone getting a computer virus from a Blue Mountain brand online greeting card. The Truth: There is no evidence this has happened …
Budweiser Frogs Screen Saver Virus–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A warning of a virus being circulated as a “Budweiser Frogs” screen saver. The eRumor says that if you download the file, it will cause you to lose every on your hard drive as well as give someone on the Internet your screen name and password. …
A virus warning about “A Virtual Card for You” or “Postcard” virus and hoax
This is an alarming email that contains an article that alleges students in Wyoming are being injected with RFID chips during the launch of Obamacare. The article said that “overall public opinion of the RFID seems to be positive among the Hanna, Wyoming’s townsfolk.”
In baskets are being flooded with notifications from the instant messaging service WhatsApp that there is a voice message waiting.
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.
Warning about an email said to be from UPS but that has an attachment that contains a virus.
Email warning of a virus with a Valentine theme.
Citgo is Owned By Venezuela Whose President Is Anti-U.S.-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The message says that Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez has vowed to bring down the U.S. government, that he has had antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and actor Harry Belafonte on his television show, and that we should not buy products from Citgo gas …
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