Did a Needle Infected With HIV Inside a McDonald’s Kill a Child?
A chain email used the story of “Kevin Archer” to drum up lazy fearmongering.
Warnings
HIV infected needles found in theater seats-Fiction!
HIV-Infected Needles Are Being Found in Theater Seats-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:There are several versions, but typically they describe a woman who went to the movies, sat down in one of the theater seats, and felt a stabbing pain. She quickly jumped up and found the needle of a medical syringe sticking out of …
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Microsoft virus warning-Fiction!
Microsoft Says an Unnamed Virus Can, and Probably Will, Destroy Most Internet Computers–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email claims to include Microsoft Security Bulletin “MS01-039” and warns that a virus that has not yet been assigned a name has been released on the Internet and has the ability to “destroy data like none seen …
Save MSN Messaging-Fiction!
Forward An Email Petition to Save MSN Messaging-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This warning says that MSN Messenger is going to be discontinued by September 14th, 2001. If you forward the email to everyone you know, however, each message will count as a “signature” on a petition and 500,000 signatures will save MSN Messenger. If …
Avoiding MSN Hackers-Fiction!
Forward An Email to Avoid Being The Victim of Hackers Targeting MSN–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email claims to be from a bunch of disgruntled MSN users who have become hackers (computer hobbyists who try to break into websites). They claim to be able to collect names from emails that are sent over the …
KAMA SUTRA or BLACKMAIL VIRUS-Truth!
KAMA SUTRA or BLACKMAIL VIRUS-Truth! At the end of January, 2006, there were warnings about a computer virus that would have been the first large viral attack on the Internet of 2006. It was named by some virus experts as the KAMA SUTRA WORM and by others as the BLACKMAIL WORM. There are …
Beware of crooks who use a technique to get your ATM card-Truth!
Beware of Crooks Disabling ATM Machines to Get Your Card–Truth! Summary of eRumor: There is more than one version of this being circulated. One is in narrative form from a person who said she was scammed at an ATM machine. She was trying to use the machine, but got a message that it was …
Beware of crooks who use a technique to get your ATM card-Truth! Read More »
Gun maker Says Dell refused to sell him a computer-Truth!
Dell Refused to Sell a Computer to a Man Because he Was a Gun maker-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The message says it is from a gunsmith named Jack Weigand who is upset that an order for a laptop computer to Dell was canceled. He says that after he ordered it and it failed …
Gun maker Says Dell refused to sell him a computer-Truth! Read More »
Hotmail will shut down if you don't forward an email about it-Fiction!
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 »
Gel candles are exploding and causing injuries-Fiction!
“Gel” Candles Can Explode–Fiction! The eRumor: This is a warning from a person who says his former secretary’s house burned down after a gel candle exploded. It says the fire marshal told the lady this was not the first time it has happened and that the gel candle emits a gas that can then explode and …
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