A former FBI agent named K. Dee McCown wrote an open letter that claims Attorney General Eric Holder joined racial antagonists in politicizing the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Family Tree Maker Version 9.0 Genealogy Software Is Spyware–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A warning that the best-selling genealogy software Family Tree Maker, Version 9, has tracking software included that spies on your Internet activity, then sends that information to FTM’s parent company, Mattel. The Truth: It’s a little complicated, but according to the folks at Family …
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Forward Emails for Fatima’s Medical Costs-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email says it’s from Fatima’s mother. The little girl was hit by a car and has internal bleeding. Her family does not have health insurance, so the mother has “made a deal” with a company that will pay three cents for every email that is …
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The FCC Proposes Charging Extra For Internet Access to Make Up For Lost Postage Due to Email Activity-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A widely distributed email warns that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is proposing adding a five cents per message charge for sending emails, authorizing phone companies to charge extra for the time spent …
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The Federal Communications Commission Proposed Restricting Some Religious TV Programs-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Various religious broadcasters and organizations appealed for public help to overturn an FCC decision affecting some religious formatted TV stations. The decision applied to those licensed as educational stations and would have severely restricted how much religious programming they could carry. The …
A fifth-grade class in Texas Wants Your Emails Once Truth!-Now Ended! Summary of eRumor: This email says the fifth-grade class at Tomball Intermediate School in Tomball, Texas, is doing an email project and wants to receive emails from all over the world. The Truth: According to a spokesperson at Tomball Intermediate school, this …
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The Body of a SCUBA Diver is Found on the Scene of a Forest Fire–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: On the scene of a forest fire in Southern California, fire officials discover the body of a man who was wearing a wet suit and complete SCUBA diving gear. An autopsy shows that the diver was …
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The Suspicious Man At the Mall Who Helped Change a Flat Tire And Left His Killing Tools Behind–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A woman recounts the story of being helped with a flat tire by a man in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He then asks for a ride to his car elsewhere in the …
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The Flight Number, Tail Number, Or Gate number, etc. of one of the Airliners Hijacked by Terrorists Tells a Story of Destruction when Changed Into a Particular Microsoft Font-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email says that the flight number of one of the airliners hijacked by terrorists on September 11 is “Q33NY.” If you highlight that …
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The Meaning of the Folding of the American Flag-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Message alleges that there is meaning to each fold of the American flag, for example, at a military funeral when the flag is presented to the family of the person who died. Most of them are of spiritual and religious …
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