The 25 Biggest Web Hoaxes

I remember the hoax about America Online being the best ISP and the future of the internet. Hey Time Warner believed it!

Another scam is possibly a woman in Spain with a Nigerian spouse, tryng to "launder" 77.7 Million out of a Spain bank. I've got a copy of the signed letter. The person is "willing" to split the prize 60% to them and 40% to the person who's willing to "launder the clothes"...Looks like a good deal! lol

wow is that really true??
that is really kind of cool(in a bad way)

Where are the other 20 hoaxes? THIS IS A HOAX, ISN'T IT?! lol j/k

Great post!

All the above are relatively harmless in that they don't cost you much. This is what happened to me: I got a USPS delivery of money orders and travelers checks totaling over $10 thousand. I'm to deposit them and report to the sender when I have done so. A couple of weeks later I got a cashier check for a large sum which I am to deposit and take my 20% commission. These moneyorders/cashiers checks look very authentic. I did some sleuthing to verify that they were phony. These scammers are very clever. Their money looked quite genuine. There are very small ways to determine their authenticity. I contacted the Postmaster General, the FTC, FCC and FBI as well as all my web browsers. Just think. Why would a perfect stranger, out of all the email addresses send you a ton of money?

you've just been contacted to help me receive 10
million dollars from A DECEASED OIL contractor with no relatives from an american working in nigeria who
was killed in an auto crash with his wife and kids as well.of course they offer you 20 per crnt to do the trans action.. here's the catch--they need 2000.USD up front bto the dug enforcement of nigeria
what a blast that was carl

All the above are relatively harmless in that they don't cost you much. This is what happened to me: I got a USPS delivery of money orders and travelers checks totaling over $10 thousand. I'm to deposit them and report to the sender when I have done so. A couple of weeks later I got a cashier check for a large sum which I am to deposit and take my 20% commission. These moneyorders/cashiers checks look very authentic. I did some sleuthing to verify that they were phony. These scammers are very clever. Their money looked quite genuine. There are very small ways to determine their authenticity. I contacted the Postmaster General, the FTC, FCC and FBI as well as all my web browsers. Just think. Why would a perfect stranger, out of all the email addresses send you a ton of money?

The scams are so stupid and the people who fall for these are worse. What make them fall for them. pure blind greediness.

All the above are relatively harmless in that they don't cost you much. This is what happened to me: I got a USPS delivery of money orders and travelers checks totaling over $10 thousand. I'm to deposit them and report to the sender when I have done so. A couple of weeks later I got a cashier check for a large sum which I am to deposit and take my 20% commission. These moneyorders/cashiers checks look very authentic. I did some sleuthing to verify that they were phony. These scammers are very clever. Their money looked quite genuine. There are very small ways to determine their authenticity. I contacted the Postmaster General, the FTC, FCC and FBI as well as all my web browsers. Just think. Why would a perfect stranger, out of all the email addresses send you a ton of money?

Check out Snopes.com for a great site devoted to hoaxes and urban legends

I love the Nigerian scam. I always answer and give them my addresss and title.
My address is the Phoenix,AZ FBI office with phone numbers and links, but they never follow through.

Michael

My favorite is the one advising you how to unlock your car door by phoning home and having someone send a "beep" from that back-up keyless remote while you hold your cell phone near the doorlock.

Does anyone REALLY think my car can hear, vs. receive a direct electronic signal (designed to work from up to 300 ft but NOT BY PHONE !)?

www.snopes.com is one rather popular site that allows visitors to see if they have been sent a hoax.

I work for a bank and I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how many people fall for these fake Nigerian and now recent England emails telling them to send money overseas for a greater profit. To make matters worse they want US to actually reimburse them for their loss! Are you kidding me?? How dumb can you be? If it looks too good to be true, chances are it is!

-Susy

Just remember,,,you never get NOTHING for NOTHING!

Perfect example, the free phone, laptop and gift certificate offers that appear on banners. Even right now, as I read this internet scam article I am being offered a free cell phone... Probably all I have to do is severals hours worth of surveys and turn over all of my friends email adresses for the sending of spam. Rather just pay for one...

sacms r funny cuz if u give them the wrong adress they get all screwed up! LOL

Can't believe how many lotteries I've won that I never entered...once I wrote and asked about it, and they wanted a certain amount as a "processing fee" before they could send me my "winnings". I told them to take it out of my winnings; if it was on the up and up it shouldn't be a problem. Needless to say I never heard back from them......

The biggest hoax that I can remember? Y2K, the terrible tragedy that would be the year 2000. hmmm...what ever happened to that?

I always like the scam where the government is sending me a money through a grant and I dont have to pay for a thing. However, when I say I dont have a checking account or credit card and they can just mail me the check, they always disconnect. Now why is that?