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Facebook Grant Award Advance Fee Scam
The message is an advance fee scam. There is no prize. The “award notification website” is bogus and has no connection to Facebook. The scam is designed to trick people into sending money and personal information to Internet criminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jan 10, 2011
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Hoax Reports Claim Three Giant Spaceships Heading for Earth
The claims in the stories are utter nonsense. The SETI Institute has denied any knowledge of such an event and has certainly not released a report about the impending arrival of any alien spaceships.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jan 5, 2011
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Joke – Thanks for all the Educational Emails
The following clever little humour piece provides a telling look at the impact of all those emailed warnings that continue to circulate. The joke circulates via email and has also been posted on many websites, blogs and social networks.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 23, 2010
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Viber ‘Will Become Chargeable’ Hoax
Viber is not set to start charging users for sending messages. The message is just a new version of an old hoax. It is derived from a very similar hoax message that claimed that WhatsApp would start charging users who did not send the warning to others.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 21, 2010
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Facebook Account Update Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from Facebook. In fact, the message is a phishing scam designed to steal Facebook login details. This email, which purports to be from social networking website, Facebook, claims that Facebook is about to implement a new login system.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 12, 2010
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Facebook Change Profile Picture to Cartoon Character Paedophile Warning Hoax
The claims in the warning are false The suggestion that the “cartoon character” profile picture change campaign is a paedophile scheme is utter nonsense.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 6, 2010
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Inaccurate Warning about Fake $50 Australian Banknotes
The information in the message is false. Depending on their year of issue, some legitimate banknotes do not have a name under a portrait. Also depending on their year of issue, some legitimate banknotes may have signatures in different orders.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 3, 2010
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Hilton Hotel Job Offer Scam Email
The email is not from Hilton Hotels and the offered job does not exist. In fact, the message is a scam designed to steal money and personal information from the recipient.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 8, 2010
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Jean Paul Garang Advance Fee Scam
The email is a scam designed to trick recipients into sending their money to Internet criminals. The large sum of money discussed in the message does not exist. It is the bait used to entice potential victims into replying.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Oct 11, 2010
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‘Interesting Fact’ About October 2010 – 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays
It is true that October 2010 has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. However, such a combination occurs far more often than every 823 years. The last occurrence was in October 2004 while the next occurrence will take place in October 2021.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Oct 9, 2010
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Muslims Praying Every Friday in Streets of New York Protest Message
The photographs are genuine, but the description is inaccurate and misleading. The images depict scenes from the annual Muslim Day Parade in New York City. The parade has taken place every year since 1985. The parade only takes place once per year.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 29, 2010
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UK Pensioners v Asylum Seekers Protest Message
The claims in the message are untrue. In fact, asylum seekers who come to the UK do not receive more financial assistance from the British government than British pensioners do. The payment figures quoted in the message are not accurate.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 28, 2010
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Fake LinkedIn Invitation Emails Point to Malware
The emails are not from LinkedIn. Links in the bogus emails open websites that contain malware. Malicious emails purporting to be from popular business orientated online network LinkedIn are currently being distributed.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 27, 2010
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Canadian Refugee Pensions Protest Hoax
The claims in the message are untrue. In fact, refugees who come to Canada do not receive more financial assistance from the federal government than Canadian pensioners. The payment figures quoted in the message are not accurate.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 27, 2010
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New Gifts For You Facebook Virus Warning
There is no evidence that a threat like the one described in the warning is currently spreading on Facebook. In many ways, bogus warnings such as this are likely to cause as many problems as the threats they purport to describe.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 24, 2010
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‘Interesting Fact’ About August 2010 – 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays
It is true that August 2010 has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Tuesdays. However, such a combination occurs far more often than every 823 years. The last occurrence was in August 2004 while the next occurrence will take place in August 2021.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 23, 2010
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‘Dislike Button’ Scams Target Facebook Users
Facebook users are once again under attack from scammers. Users are being enticed to spam their friends, hand over personal information via dodgy survey sites, and install malware via the promise of a ‘Dislike Button’ for their Facebook accounts.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 18, 2010
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Falsely Attributed Quote – A Norman Rockwell Moment
The words were not written by Norman Rockwell. In fact, they are a somewhat mangled version of words penned by American pastor and author Adrian Pierce Rogers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 21, 2010
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Laptop Fire Death Warning Email
Reports indicate that a 25-year-old man named Arun Gopalratnam died in a June 4th, 2010 house fire in the village of Menomonee Falls, in the American state of Wisconsin. The fire started in the basement bedroom of the house.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 18, 2010
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Forward For Freebies Email Hoaxes
At some point, most Internet users have probably received a message that promises them a free product or service in exchange for forwarding the message to others.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 14, 2010
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