Help Identify a Young Girl Left Alone by the Tsunami–Truth! but Resolved! Summary of eRumor: Picture of a young girl said to be a lonely survivor of the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand. The Truth: According to UNICEF’s child trafficking arm The Innocenti Research Centre, this girl was a victim of the South Asian tsunami, but …
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This simple email encourages people all over the United States to light candles at 7p Eastern Time to show the unity of Americans in standing against the terrorism of September 11, 2001.
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.
The Pictures of the Man-Eating Snake–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor comes in several versions. All of them include pictures of a large snake that has obviously swallowed a very large meal. Then there are pictures of a human body apparently being cut from the belly of the snake. The differences among the versions are …
Steven Spielberg is Planning a Film on the Crusades as a Response to The Passion.–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Steven Spielberg is quoted as saying he’s going to fight fire with fire and release a film on the Crusades in reaction to Mel Gibson’s film The Passion. The Truth: The eRumor is a hoax. We don’t …
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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 …
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Picture of a Great White Shark Attacking a Soldier Hanging From a Helicopter-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The picture is of a military helicopter hovering over the ocean with a soldier dangling from a ladder. A great white shark is leaping from the water at the soldier. Some versions say the picture is from England …
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The Pentagon Was Not Struck by a Hijacked Jet on September 11-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The allegation is that the destruction at the Pentagon on September 11 was not the result of being hit by a hijacked American Airlines 757, but some other cause. The theories range from the building being hit by a remote-control …
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A List of Hard-to-Believe Court Awards That Have Inspired the “Stella Awards”-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email lists seven alleged court decisions in various states in the U.S. that awarded large cash awards to people under apparently absurd circumstances, including occasions when they were responsible for their own injury or loss. Later versions say …
