Diane, the University Student Protected From a Rapist by Angels-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: The story of Diane, a college student home for the summer. After an evening with friends, she walks home via an alleyway. In the alley, there is a man, but she prays for protection, feels the strength of that, and continues …
Diane…protected from rape by two angels-Source Not Found! Read More »
Gary “Nick” Hogman Requests Prayer For His Wife, Cindy, Who is Battling Cancer-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Thirty-two-year-old Cindy Hogman has been diagnosed with cervical cancer and with slim chances for survival. Her husband, Gary “Nick” Hogman asks your prayers. The Truth: A new version of this email started circulating in 2004 that claimed that …
Pray for Cindy Hogman, an adult with cancer-Truth! Read More »
Cindy Williams, of the Laverne and Shirley show, has allegedly written an article for the Washington Times in which she lays out a highly technical criticism of planned pay raises for members of the military. The eRumor includes a response written by a member of the Air Force.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s New York Home Mortgage is Being Covered By Secret Service Payments–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:Bill and Hillary Clinton bought a house in New York, but there was no room for the Secret Service, so they built a special area for the Secret Service…and are charging the same amount for the Secret Service’s …
Bill and Hillary's NY house payment paid by the government-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 »
Coca-Cola is Offering Free Cases of Coke for Circulating an Email about the Product-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email claims that if you’ll send a copy of it to as many people as you can, everybody on the list will receive four free cases of Coca-Cola. The Truth: It’s not true. It’s not …
Coke will give you free cans of soda for forwarding an email-Fiction! Read More »
This email talks about an organization of more than 500 employees that has an array of spouse abusers, bad check artists, failures in business, shoplifters, and other criminals…and asks you to guess what organization it is. It then tells you that it is referring to the United States Congress. Some versions of this eRumor may compare Congress to NBA or NFL.
An indifferently capitalized and punctuated chain email turned viral social media posting has been around for many years, bearing claims that some elected officials don’t pay into Social Security: Our Senators and Congressmen don’t pay in to Social Security, and, of course, they don’t collect from it. The reason is that they have a special …
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Forward an Email About Cracker Barrel-Receive a Gift Certificate in Response–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Junior Johnson, the founder of Cracker Barrel, says he’s trying to reach the rural areas where his stores are not located. If you forward his email to nine of your friends, you’ll receive authorization by email for a $50 gift certificate. …
Free Cracker Barrel certificates for forwarded emails-Fiction! Read More »
