| When I think I've heard them all, someone invents a new
one and my friends manage to forward copies to me. EXAMPLES:
Can
science confirm the missing day referred to in the Bible?, (sample
hoax text), Check
out this NASA answer page. Did Mr. Harold Hill, President of the
Curtis Engine Company in Baltimore, Maryland, have inside knowledge about
NASA finding the lost day of Joshua (Joshua 10:8, 12, 13,
and 2 Kings 20:9-11), the day the sun stood still?
E-mail Tax Rumor Completely Untrue,
the fictitious Bill 602P by a supposed "Congressman Schnell" to allow a postal service surcharge on e-mail is untrue
FCC
& Internet
Tax Rumor: Consumer
Per-Minute Charges to Access ISPs, a rumored federal proposals to allow long distance
companies to charge long-distance fees for Internet use are false
FCC &
Religious Broadcasting, (sample
hoax text), a rumor that the FCC has a proposal to deny
licenses to religious broadcasters
HOAX SITES:
BreakTheChain.org,
common-sense evaluations of e-mail chain letters
CIAC Hoax Busters,
Full Hoax List, Computer
Incident Advisory Authority, a most excellent list of hoaxes
Don't Spread That Hoax!, Heard the
one about the cookie recipe? Includes advice and hoax lists.
ICSA Hoax (Alert)
Information, International Computer Security Association's hoax list
Make Money Fast and other Internet
Hoaxes, Dave Rhodes, Guinness Book, and buy the Catholic Church.
Quatloos, a public
educational website covering a wide variety of financial scams and frauds
TruthOrFiction.com, your
Email Reality Check! Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus
warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests
and calls to action to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION!
URBAN LEGEND & MYTH SITES:
Urban Legends, classics include the FCC
Religious Broadcasting Ban, Alligators in the Sewers, etc.
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Urban Myths, Legends, Folklore and Fairy Tales,
HIV needles, Febreze, Mummies, etc.
1999, Apr 8, Bogus
health scares on Internet become increasingly common
1995, Aug 30, Medical
misinformation on the information superhighway
VIRUSES, VIRUS MYTHS & ALERTS:
*Computer Virus Myths, Blue Mountain, Bud Frogs,
Good Times, Returned/Unable to Deliver, Win A Holiday, etc.
*McAfee Virus Information Library,
information on real viruses and on false "virus alerts"
Stiller Research, tells you what viruses really are,
common myths about viruses, and how to protect yourself
Symantec Virus Hoaxes List, from
the makers of Norton Anti-Virus
CONSUMER
PROTECTION:
Consumer.net
FTC
National Fraud Information Center
SEC: Complaint Center
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