Deaths From Soda Cans Contaminated With Rat Urine-Fiction!
Warning of soda cans contaminated with rat urine.
Warnings
Internet Clean Up Day-Fiction!
Internet Clean Up Day is March 31-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email warns you that there is an annual day that all the accumulated e-junk on the Internet needs to be cleaned out such as old files, bookmarks, etc.. Some versions advise you to make sure your computer is off. Others actually suggest covering …
Cockroaches found in the mouth of a woman who licked an envelope infestedwith roach eggs-Fiction!
The Woman Who Got Cockroaches In Her Mouth From Licking an Envelope-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:: A California woman who worked in a post office decided one day that she would lick some envelopes instead of using a moist sponge for that purpose. In the process, she accidentally cut her tongue. Later, she noticed a swelling …
Was Facebook Selling Users’ Photos to Advertisers?
Concerns over what the social media platform was doing with user-generated content in 2011 turned out to be prescient in the long run.
Did George Soros Try to ‘Control’ the Gun Industry?
This claim was so outlandish even the NRA came out against it — but it’s still lingering online, as it was designed to do.
‘Avoid Shopping Malls on Halloween’
Not long after the 9-11 attacks of 2001, a chain email sowed fears of a second strike.
E.coli bacteria found in bagged salads?-Truth!
E.coli Bacteria Found in Bagged Salads-Truth! Summary of eRumor: There are a couple of stories about this. One warning says that a documentary on Dateline TV showed that E.coli bacteria were found in pre-packaged bags of salad and that the Dole company has issued a recall on some bags. The other from …
Poisonous shampoo?-Fiction
Shampoo Containing “SLS” is a Cancer Hazard- Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email warns that a substance called “Sodium Laureth Sulfate” in many shampoos causes cancer. The email claims that in the 1980’s one person in 8,000 got cancer while today the figure is one in three. The Truth: According to the American …
Congress is going to tax email messages-Fiction!
Congress Is Going to Tax Email Messages-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A widely distributed email warns that legislation has been introduced in congress to add a surcharge to email. Congressional “Bill 602P” would add a 5 cents per email tax in order to make up for millions of dollars being lost by the Postal Service because …
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New CD-ROM computer game features panty raids-Truth!
New CD-ROM Computer Game Features Panty Raids-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email says that Simon and Schuster has announced a new CD-ROM computer game where “…to win the game, boys must strip supermodels down to their underwear, then provide photographs of them to aliens who wore out their one lingerie catalog – or else the …
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