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Legends & Folklore

Legends & Folklore

Explore legends and folklore and find answers to questions you’ve always had about old wives tales and hoaxes. Want to get the dirt on an urban legend that’s been passed around lately? How about getting to the bottom of the latest e-mail scams and Internet spoofs? eHow’s got answers for you. Superstitious? Separate truth from fiction with helpful tips from eHow’s legends and folklore experts. Find the truth behind netlore and other web-based rumors and gossip, too.

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  • How to Protect Yourself From Email Hoaxes

    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...

  • How to Check Out a Hoax

    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...

  • How to Check Out a Hoax

    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...

  • What Is the Perfume Hoax?

    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,...

  • How to Check Out a Hoax

    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...

  • How to Pull Off a Hoax

    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...

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