Don’t Drink Coca-Cola Products After September 5, 2002-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A person allegedly lent a $1.50 to a Middle-eastern man who came up short on cash in a grocery store line in St. Louis. He thanked the person and said it was the first time he’d been treated with kindness since the Attack …
Don't drink Coca-Cola products after September 5, 2002-Fiction! Read More »
The Woman Who Died of Aids Because of an HIV-Infected Needle in a Soft Drink Machine–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The alleged story of Jennifer Hudson, an Arizona woman who was nicked by an HIV-infected needle and died of AIDS. The Truth: This is a hoax. There are numerous versions of stories of HIV-infected needles being …
AIDS infected needle in soft drink machine-Fiction! Read More »
Christian Receives Insulting Response to an Email Complaint to ABC Television-Truth! Summary of eRumor: An Arkansas man says he sent an email to ABC complaining about the homosexual content of an episode of the television program “The Practice.” In his email, he quoted the Bible. He says he received a response from ABC that …
This message includes a tip to help avoid spreading viruses. Since many viruses automatically email themselves to people in your address book, create a new entry that will foil the attempt. Give the new entry the name of !0000 or AAAAAA and do not put any email address in the entry. That way it will be the first in the address book. When a virus tries to send itself to every address, it won’t get very far because the familiar error message will appear that says it could not be sent because of either a missing email address or a bad address.
This email says that there has been a case in Taiwan of a person eating shrimp shortly after taking vitamin-C and then dying. The message claims that the combination somehow causes arsenic poisoning.
Nostradamus Predicted the Terrorist Attack on New York–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An eRumor is circulating that quotes what it says are predictions of the famous 16th century astrologer Nostradamus that seem to anticipate the attack on New York by terrorists on September 11. The prophecy is said to have referred to the …
Nostradamus predicted the World Trade Center terrorism-Fiction! Read More »
Traveler Wakes Up in a Bathtub of Ice to Discover Both of His Kidneys Have Been Stolen – Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are various versions (such as the one below), but they all talk about a traveling businessman or a tourist who becomes involved with someone from the area where he is …
The tourist who woke up with no kidneys-Fiction! Read More »
The Story of the Woman in Maine Who Was Drugged and Raped by a Stranger Who Was HIV-Positive–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A first-person account of a woman in Maine who stayed up late one night at her sister’s apartment building drinking and socializing with neighbors. She awoke the next day feeling ill and with vague …
Woman in Main who was drugged and raped-Fiction! Read More »
A Missing Child’s Body is Stuffed With Cocaine For Smuggling Across the Mexico-U.S. Border-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A two year old boy disappears while visiting Mexico with his parents. Forty five minutes later, at the border, the mother spots a man carrying the child but when the man realizes she is the boy’s mother, he …
Child's body used for smuggling drugs into the U.S.-Fiction! Read More »
Four Year Old Girl Abducted in Retail Store, Hair Shaved, and Clothes Removed In A Matter of Minutes-Fiction! Summary of RumorThe writer of this email says she was standing near a mother and 4 year old girl at a Sam’s Club store when the girl suddenly disappeared. Other versions say this happened at Mervyns’s …
Four-year-old abducted in store, hair shaved, clothes changed-Fiction! Read More »
