Internet Cleanup Day
Status: Hoax
Different variations of this e-mail have been making the internet rounds. This warning is a hoax because there is no such thing as a "cleanup day" for the Internet. If each web site shutdown their web server there would be NO Internet to clean. Please, DO NOT circulate.
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Flesh Eating Bananas Hoax
Status: Hoax
The warning below, supposedly from the Center for Disease Control, states that there is a flesh-eating bacteria present in bananas from Costa Rica, It warns that amputation is a likely outcome & death is possible. This report is totally false.
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Kentucky Fried Hoax
Status: Hoax
This notice about potentially bad food is totally fake. It alleges that KFC does not use real chickens, but instead uses
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Internet Access Charges
Status: Hoax
This is a variant of the modern tax hoax.
FCC statement:
"... the FCC has no intention of assessing per-minute charges on Internet traffic or of making any changes in the way consumers obtain and pay for access to the Internet."
The actual FCC proceeding, which this hoax seems to be based on, involved ... |
E-mail Tax (602P) Hoax
Status: Hoax
This hoax states that the US Government will be charging internet users a 5 cents surcharge on every email delivered.
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Klingerman Virus
Status: Hoax
This hoax strives to cause fear in the recipients of an actual paper letter people are allegedly receiving. The letter supposedly contains a small sponge with the "Klingerman Virus." The press release states that" Those who have come in contact with the Klingerman Virus have been
hospitalized with severe dys... |
Kidney Harvest
Status: Hoax
This is a warning about kidnappers drugging people at airport lounges & harvesting their kidneys. |
PBS and NPR - Petition
Status: Hoax
This chain letter keeps circulating the Internet. It was written by some students in a misguided attempt to do some good & support funding for PBS & NPR.
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Needles on Theater Seats
Status: Hoax
This is just one of the many "Hidden Needles" legends. The legend is as follows: In various venues that have seating, like movie theatres, needles are being found poking through the seat with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".
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Needles Needles in the ball pit.
Status: Hoax
This is another example of one of the "Hidden Needles" legends. In this one, a three year old dies, allegedly from a heroin overdose which he got by playing in a McDonald's play area which had hypodermic needles embedded in play equipment. |
Needles on Gas Pump Handles
Status: Hoax
Here is another example of one of the "Hidden Needles" legends.
It alleges that hypodermic needles have been found on the underside of gas pump
handles. These needles are supposedly
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LSD On the Phone Hoax
Status: Hoax
Yet another variation on the "needle" hoax, this one puts LSD and strychnine on a pay phone's keys and coin slot.
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Sad Story, Cocaine Baby
Status: Unknown
This story may or may not be true. It involves the alleged kidnapping of a 2 year old in Mexico. The story goes on to say that ALL of his insides were removed and his body cavity was stuffed with COCAINE. The kidnapper was going to carry him across the border as if he were asleep.
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FCC Bans Religious Broadcasting
Status: Hoax
This rumor has been circulating the web for some time. It alleges that the FCC is planning to prohibit radio and television stations from presenting religious programs. |
Shampoo Causes Cancer
Status: Hoax
This hoax claims that shampoo causes cancer. The American Cancer Society has
denied that there is any connection between shampoo & cancer. |
Paget's Disease
Status: Hoax
The disease, called Paget's Disease, is real, but extremely rare and is associated with breast cancer. To get more information on this disease, contact The American Cancer Society.
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Lethal Rat Urine
Status: Hoax
These 2 warnings are related because they claim that rat & mouse droppings or urine can kill you. One warns of cleaning up in a store room that had droppings while the other cautions against drinking from unwashed soda cans.
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Instant Messenger Hoax
Status: Hoax
This hoax states that AOL is planning to take away "Instant Messenger" or charge $15.00/month for those who want it.
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Warning to YAHOO USERs Hoax
Status: Hoax
This email threatens to delete off their server, Yahoo users who will not forward this message to at least 20 people.
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Procter & Gamble Hoax
Status: Hoax
This message alleges that the president of Proctor and Gamble appeared on the Sally Jesse Raphael show & announced that a large portion of his profits from Procter &
Gamble Products goes to support a satanic church.
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