Help Find 15-year-old Erin from Cedar Rapids, Iowa–Truth! Summary of eRumor: Fifteen-year-old Erin Pospisil is missing from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the family fears that she may have been induced to go away with a group of gang members from Chicago. An email circulated by a family member asks Internet users to keep watch for …
Get a Great Deal on a Car From the Estate of a Millionaire Who Owned 4,000 Of Them-Scam! Summary of eRumor: The story is that a millionaire has died, leaving behind 4,000 cars. His instructions to his heirs are to sell the cars for cheap prices to Christians who need them. You are offered …
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Pro-Palestinian Groups Have Called for a Boycott of Estee Lauder Products–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email says that Arabs and Muslims around the world are being asked to boycott cosmetic giant Estee Lauder corporation. That is because of the president of Estee Lauder Ron Lauder, being publicly supportive of Israel. The Truth: The boycott …
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This is a Facebook post alleging that each time a story is “liked” by readers that companies will donate money to a worthy cause. One cause is for medical care for a 14-year-old boy who was shot by his stepfather while the youth was protecting his sister.
This is a forwarded email that said that the popular social network Facebook took down an image posted by a group that criticized President Obama’s handling of the attack on Benghazi.
There is a strange phenomenon taking place on the popular social site Facebook. When people visit their friends profiles they notice that the profile photo has been changed to display the head of a giraffe. Have they been hacked or did they loose a bet?
Facebook now reports the names of users who post photos of themselves with guns to the Department of Homeland Security.
Magazine reports brought to light a spate of “interceptors” which could bypass regular encryption technology.
This is a forwarded email alleging that the Social Security checks sent to recipients are referred to as “Federal Benefit Payments.”
Reports have surfaced on the Web that Republican lawmakers in Florida introduced legislation that would prevent Sharia law from being considered by judges in the state.
