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An email reality check for e-rumors, viruses, and internet hoaxes.
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Learn the stories behind the biggest pranks and hoaxes, including the Good Times Email Virus.
Urban Legends and Folklore
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Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.
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Hoax-Slayer
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
Common Email Hoaxes
Provides stories of various fraudulent emails extolling the horrors of some modern online urban legends.
Virus Hoaxes and Netlore
Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.
Sophos describes hoaxes
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The motives for creating a hoax are as varied as the hoaxers themselves. Some do it for fun or profit; others to make a social statement; still others pull hoaxes for no clear reason.
Road Warrior: Scams that target your greed
The $8,000 driver's license. The $9 million ticket blitz. The $12 overcharge at the pump.
Vt. lawmakers receive death threats
A scare for some lawmakers in Montpelier who got an email threatening to kill them. The letters demanded money to stop an assassination.
Child helpline falls prey to Facebook hoax
Christensen says there is no direct monetary gain from accumulating a large number of "shares", but some people do it under the impression that a large number of shares means "increased status online".
Child helpline falls prey to Facebook hoax Fake posts from India on rise
“Didi, can you come? There’s been a fight at the station” “Didi, can you help? The police have battered Raju” New Delhi, Jan. 29: These are calls Childline volunteers are accustomed to when the phone rings at their offices across India.
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