Insulting Voice Mail
Status: Hoax
This voice mail message never actually appeared on any high school voice mail system in Pacific Palisades, California, but the written version of it was created as a humorous and sarcastic response to an actual controversy at one of the schools.
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The Riddle
Status: Hoax
The riddle has been around for a long time, but there is no evidence that research was ever conducted on the comparative answers of Kindergartners and Stanford University seniors.
There is also no evidence that this was reported on Paul Harvey.
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Science Whiz from India
Status: Hoax
This email alleges that a university-bound student in India has disproved the Theory of Relativity. |
Shocking Words from Oracle
Status: Hoax
It is said that the CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison, who was the graduation speaker for the class of 2,000 at Yale, told the graduates they were losers and destined for lackluster lives.
No such speech was given. Ellison has never spoken at a Yale graduation. |
Eating Fetuses In Asia
Status: Hoax
This email claims that aborted fetuses are being purchased for cooking and eating. |
The Mayo Clinic Grapefruit Diet
Status: Hoax
A widely circulated email touts "The Mayor Clinic Diet," a regimen of grapefruit, salads, vegetables, and generous amounts of fats and meats.
People at the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota say it did not come from them, they do not endorse it, and, in fact, they do not regard it as nutritionally b... |
Bill and Hillary Clinton's New York House Payment
Status: Hoax
All presidents and former presidents are eligible for Secret Service protection and, according to a Secret Service spokesman, the presidents are reimbursed for any area of the home that is used by Secret Service agents. |
O'Hair - FCC
Status: Hoax
Email warnings say that famed Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take religious music and programs off radio and television.
No such petition has ever been presented to the FCC by Madalyn Murray O'Hair or her organization of American atheists. |
Toilet Paper Shortage ?
Status: Hoax
This email claims that because of the record Southern California brush and forest fires in 2003, the manufacturing plant responsible for 97 1/2 percent of America's toilet paper was destroyed and we're facing a toilet paper crisis.
This is probably an attempt on someone's part to create a toilet paper short... |
Lemon Fresh Joy Kills Bugs?
Status: Hoax
This email states that putting a couple of drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent in water on a white dinner plate will control mosquitoes. |
Cigars Insured for Fire
Status: Hoax
A man bought a box of rare, expensive cigars, then took out fire insurances on them.
No evidence of this case has ever been found. |
Green Grass Snakes
Status: Hoax
The bottom line is that there is no documentation of this ever actually having happened and is the product of creative humorous writers. |
Tarantula Cactus
Status: Hoax
This story is designed to give the creeps to people who hate spiders, but is not true. |
Angel on Highway 109
Status: Hoax
This is a piece of inspirational fiction written by poet Ruth Gillis.
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AnyBirthday.com
Status: Hoax
Anybirthday.com denies that it gives out Social Security numbers under any circumstances, free or paid. |
GI Insurance Dividends
Status: Hoax
The VA says there is no such legislation and that the only dividends being paid are in response to active government life insurance policies.
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Gold Bars Found
Status: Hoax
Pictures of American soldiers holding "gold" bars. Later testing of the more than 1,000 bars that were found revealed they were not gold but mostly copper and zinc.
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ACLU Opposition to Marines Praying
Status: Hoax
The ACLU says it has not issued any opposition to military personnel praying and that there is no one named Lucius Traveler in their ranks.
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Helicopter Paint Job
Status: Hoax
Pictures of a military combat helicopter are circulated with a message that says "our boys" across the water painted it to look like a bird of prey. |
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