The Role Faith Played in Atlanta Hostage Ashley Smith-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The dramatic story of Ashley Smith who was held hostage in Atlanta, Georgia by an accused rapist and fugitive from the law who police say killed four people during his run from the law. The Truth: This story is a first …
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Click The Hugging Bear and Donate to Research for Breast Cancer–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The short email says to go to a website where you’ll watch a bear and by visiting the site, be helping donations come in from Avon for breast cancer research. The Truth: This one has a story behind it. First, …
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A Texas facility was the setting for one of two false claims from disinformation purveyor Todd Starnes.
This is a forwarded email that alleges that the group of U.S. Marines that marched in President Obama’s inauguration parade had the bolts and bullets removed from their rifles.
The tech mogul inadvertently provided yet more fuel for a long-running conspiracy theory.
Claims about Michael Brown Jr.’s family circulated the web following a grand jury’s decision not to indict former officer Darren Wilson in the teenager’s fatal shooting.
There are reports of suicides and even murders resulting from the Doomsday prediction of Family Radio’s Bible Teacher Harold Camping that judgment day would come on May 21, 2011 and that the true believers in Jesus Christ would be raptured to heaven.
A forwarded email that warns Veterans about answering questions about being stressed, threatened or wanting to harm someone when at the Veterans Hospital. The email says that answering yes to any of those questions would alert the Department of Homeland Security and they could lose their concealed weapons permits.
A forwarded email that includes graphic photos of a weapons stash claimed to have been found South of the US – Mexican Border from Arizona.
The writer of the email claims to have been warned that rapists were using elderly women to lure unsuspecting victims and abducting the victims at gunpoint. She says that she was in a parking lot at Target in Wheaton Illinois when an older woman in a car appealed to her for help. The writer of the email went inside of the store to seek assistance. The female manager came out to the elderly woman’s car and a masked man jumped out with a gun. The writer says she remembered receiving an email warning her about this scheme and that the man with the gun was a rapist. Fortunately, a police officer was nearby and saw the attempted abduction, rescued the manager, and arrested the older woman and the masked man. The writer warns all other women to be aware of the scam.
