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Our friends, family, co-workers, and more frequently forward emails to us with tips, stories, warnings, and more. And we forward them too. Unfortunately a vast majority of these simply are not...
You got an email promising that you'll get a $50 gift certificate if you forward the message on to 10 other people. You got another email telling you about the gangs who target people who flash...
The internet is a great breading ground for scams, including internet fraud, so it’s important to know how to check out a hoax. Internet fraud can be anything from a pyramid scheme to a sneezing...
The perfume hoax is an urban legend that traces its roots to the late 1990s. A tale began circulating about women being disabled by ether and robbed in parking structures. Although just a myth,...
Many hoaxes have gone viral and are being emailed all over the world by well-meaning friends and family. If your inbox is being inundated with warnings that are worrying you, check them out to...
A true hoax is an act to deceive or trick someone else. It convinces multiple people that something absurd is true. Depending on how involved and grand you wish your hoax to be, here are a few...