Tag: HOAXES

With countries, organizations, and companies scrambling to provide aid to Haiti after the crippling earthquake struck near the nation's capital, the relief effort was bound to be a trending topic on Twitter. But with all the positive tweets letting folks know how to help, a string of negative ones flooded the social-networking site, too. According to CNN, false rumors spread Thursday on ...

If you recently received an e-mail offer for $15,500 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid, you can just go ahead and move that to your spam folder. The automaker is the latest company to have its name used in an spam scam and has no intentions of giving you a deal this good. As AutoblogGreen reports, an e-mail from "Ford Motor Company" is making the rounds. The e-mail offers a deal on the popular model: "Due ...

We've heard some horror stories from the land of Craigslist, including stories of libel, murder and Nigerian scammers, yet we were shocked to hear the tale of Sherry Johnson Huwitt, a woman from Mansfield, Texas who, without her consent, had her basketball goal and tetherball pole given away by a neighbor on Craigslist. One early morning in April, Huwitt was standing in her kitchen, looking out ...

We've been keeping a close eye on this ongoing Swine Flu "pandemic," if mostly just to gawk at CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta as he barrels around Mexico City doing his best to look like a post-apocalyptic hero. Of course, if Swine Flu cases were proportional to the amount of media coverage the health-scare has been getting, we might actually have something to worry about. But you ...

Have no fear, shoppers. Text messages warning of imminent violent gang initiations at local Wal-Marts are a hoax. You shouldn't have any problems lugging out your newly purchased 36 rolls of toilet paper. Late last week, residents in Arkansas and other states received texts that purported to be from the police, reading, "Do not go to Wal-Mart tonight. Something bad could happen. Credible threat ...

Anti-Virus-1, a new bit of malware making its way around the Internet, has picked up a unique trick for fooling users; it spreads fake reviews of itself to convince users that it is a legitimate piece of anti-virus software. Anti-Virus-1 is what is often referred to as scareware. It uses social engineering techniques to lure its unsuspecting victims into handing over information like credit ...