Senator Hillary Clinton Refused to Meet with A Group of Mothers Whose Children Have Been Killed In Military Combat–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Gold Star Mothers is a group of women whose sons or daughters have been killed in U.S. military combat. Some representatives of the group were in Washington, D.C. meeting with members of …
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Terrorist Osama bin Laden Is Collecting Profits From a Substance Found in Soft Drinks–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: There are various versions of this, but they say that “gum arabic” is a common ingredient in sodas and that it is manufactured by a company owned by Osama bin Laden and used to finance terrorism. The emails …
Reports from the Middle East that Hamas has built a network of tunnels to infiltrate Israel from Gaza.
News reports from Israel claim the hand of god sent a missile into the sea after the Iron Dome missile defense system failed to intercept and destroy it.
The facts on the email rumor that Jane Fonda traveled to Vietnam during the Vietnam war and supported the North Vietnamese, thereby earning the nickname, Hanoi Jane.
This is a forward email about the grandfather and mother of President Barack Obama. It alleges that the President’s grandfather was a troubled youth after the suicide of his mother and says he was a drifter. This eRumor also alleges that President Obama “is the product of generations of severe psychological dysfunction.” Some versions of this eRumor contain naked photos of a woman alleged to be Stanley Ann Dunham.
News of a security compromise at Ebay has gone viral on the Web. Is it true that the online auction site is requesting that all members change their passwords?
The story says that flu vaccine used to be made here in the United States, but the companies that made it were driven out because of lawsuits and high liability costs. It says that the 2004 flu vaccine shortage was the result of sanitation problems at Chiron, the British Company making the vaccine. It further says that the whole liability mess that forced the American companies out of the flu vaccine business was from a lawsuit filed by a man over a flu shot…and that the attorney representing him was Democratic Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards.
Various emails that say a Muslim stamp has been released by the U.S. Postal Service has released to commemorate a Muslim holiday. Some version list a number of terrorist events believed to have been carried out by Moslems and call out for a boycott of these postage stamps.
Forward an Email or Die–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:This email, said to be popular among young people, says you need to forward it to 15 people within fifteen minutes or you will die. It claims that the creator of the email has a program that will track everyone who did or did not send it and …
