Neiman-Marcus Cookie Hoax
Status: Hoax
This hoax alleges that a woman was charged $250.00 instead of $2.50 for Neiman-Marcus' famous cookie recipe.
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Fake Quran Verse Predicts 9/11
Status: Hoax
This hoax message is trying to make it appear that the Quran predicted the attack on 9/11. The real verse 9:11 is about repentance.
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Target and Vietnam Veterans
Status: Hoax
Does Target donate to veterans organizations? Yes, but just because an organization does not donate to your pet project is no reason to call for a boycott. Big organizations like Target are not saying that the other causes are not deserving, just that they cannot take care of everybody.
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Swiffer Wetjet Kills Dogs Warning
Status: Hoax
This one claims that the cleaning solution in Swiffer Wetjets contains antifreeze and kills your pets if they walk on a cleaned floor.
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Andy Rooney hoax
Status: Hoax
The messages below, allegedly attributed to Andy Roony, were actually created by comedian Sean Morley. |
AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA hoax
Status: Hoax
A variant of the !0000 hoax, this "tip" instructs users to add the bogus AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA name to their email address book in an effort to thwart email worms. |
90# telephone hoax
Status: Hoax
This email alleges that by dialing 90# on your phone & then hanging up, per request of the "telephone company," you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which allows them to place long distance telephone calls billed to your home phone number. |
Bad Guy in the Backseat
Status: Hoax
This one says a bad guy is hiding under your car or in the back seat and is just waiting to haul you away. While the list of things to do when getting in your car are not unreasonable, sending this warning on is.
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Bad Guy Selling Perfume
Status: Hoax
This one says a bad guy is selling perfume which is actually ether and they are going to haul you away when you pass out. The problems with it are that simply taking a sniff of ether or chloroform will not knock you out. You must breath them through a saturated rag for several seconds before you start to... |
Bad Guy Changing A Tire
Status: Hoax
This one fans people's fear of strangers. It relates a story of a woman who accepted help changing a tire & almost gave a ride to the man who helped her. Later it was found that he intended to do her harm & had let the air out of her tire.
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Female Abductions Warnings
Status: Hoax
This warning looks strangely similar to the one above, except that the mall involved is now in Columbus instead of Toronto. |
Slavemaster Warning
Status: Hoax
This warning was based partly in fact on a Kansas man who was linked to the murder of women he met over the Internet. However, he has been in jail since June of 2000 so these warnings are totally out of date and of no value.
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Stay Out of the Mall on Halloween Warning
Status: Hoax
This hoax uses one of the more classic tricks to make it appear authentic. It claims to predict two events, the first of which has happened. The trick is that since the first event has happened, you will believe that the second is going to happen also. Of course, the hoax was written after the first event... |
Missing Trucks Warning
Status: Hoax
This hoax alleges that 30 trucks from different companies, including U-Haul, have been stolen for terrorist activities. ABC News fact checked this message, as did the Washington Post, and found that there are no known missing trucks
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Arabians Buying Candy Warning
Status: Hoax
This hoax alleges that 2 Arabians bought a large amount of candy at Cosco & planned to use it to spread the Anthrax virus. |
Poison Perfume Warning
Status: Hoax
This hoax states that 7 women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample that they received in the mail, because the product was poisonous. |
Don't Drink Coke Warning
Status: Hoax
This message warns people not to drink any coke products because of arsenic poisoning.
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Don't Drink Pepsi Warning
Status: Hoax
Now it is Pepsi you are supposed to stay away from. Again arsenic is allegedly found in the bottles.
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Naked Women in the Mall Warning
Status: Hoax
Victims of this alleged crime are women who go to mall restrooms alone. A man orders them to strip & after robbing them, leaves them naked in the rest room.
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