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UPS Uniforms Being Sold On EBay Warning 
Status: Hoax
This hoax alleges that there has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service (UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days. It states that "fake" UPS drivers are entering houses & doing harm.
Spooky 
Status: Hoax
This hoax involves a "ghost' in a photo causing someone to die.
Spunkball Warning 
Status: Hoax
This story making the rounds states that teens are looking for people driving with open windows & then tossing in a rag soaked in gasoline and wrapped in tinfoil, causing a fire.
New Carjacking Scheme 
Status: Hoax
This story alleges that carjackers leave a piece of paper on your rear window. Then when you leave your car to remove it, they carjack your car.
The Hunters Who End up Dynamiting A Brand New SUV and Their Dog on a Frozen Lake 
Status: Hoax
This tragic tale is an urban legend.
Pets Dying From Their Owners' Use of the Swiffer WetJet Product 
Status: Hoax
This product is safe for pets, yet this urban myth persists.
Throwing Rice at Weddings Causes Harm To Birds 
Status: Hoax
The folks at Birder's magazine, Birdwatcher Digest, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the USA Rice Federation all agree: rice causes no harm to birds.
Poinsettia Plants Are Poisonous And Should Be Kept Away from Children and Pets 
Status: Hoax
The consensus of government agencies, health centers, veterinary groups, and plant and flower organizations that we've surveyed, however, is that poinsettias are not toxic and do not pose a health threat to children or pets.
Ants in the Brain 
Status: Hoax
These stories are both fiction, classic urban legends. There are no documented cases of ants entering the brain and living there..
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