Articles recently published or updated on hoax-slayer.com. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/latest-information.html Copyright 2008 Brett M.Christensen en hoax-slayer@hoax-slayer.com(Brett Christensen) Message claims that if you are forced by robbers to withdraw money from an ATM, you can secretly alert police by entering your PIN in reverse. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/reverse-pin-ATM.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/reverse-pin-ATM.shtml Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:32:00 GMT Email supposedly from a person known to you claims that he or she is stranded without money or papers in a foreign land because of a robbery and asks that you send funds urgently via a wire transfer to help the person return home. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/stranded-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/stranded-scam.shtml Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:48:00 GMT Emails, purporting to be from Australia's St. George Bank, claim that the recipient needs to click a link to logon to his or account in order to update information, retrieve messages, or rectify specified problems with the account. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/st.george-bank-phishing-scams.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/st.george-bank-phishing-scams.shtml Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:45:00 GMT Email claims that a letter to US President Obama that strongly criticizes his recent conduct was written by Kathleen Lyday, a school teacher from Missouri. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/teacher-letter-obama.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/teacher-letter-obama.shtml Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:40:00 GMT Update - In June 2009, versions of this hoax email began circulating that implied an association between the photographs and the crash of an Air France Airbus in the Atlantic on May 31st 2009. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/air-collision-photos-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/air-collision-photos-hoax.shtml Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:06:00 GMT Message claims that an attached video shows an F-35 Fighter Jet flipping upside down during a vertical takeoff mishap and then taking off safely after the highly skilled Navy pilot regained control of the aircraft. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/F-35-fighter-jet-flip-video.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/F-35-fighter-jet-flip-video.shtml Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:14:00 GMT Emails, purporting to be from Australia's Commonwealth Bank, claim that the recipient needs to click a link to logon to his or account in order to update information or rectify specified problems with the account. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/commonwealth-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/commonwealth-phishing-scam.shtml Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:20:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs show a busy road that goes right across the main runway at Gibraltar airport. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gibraltar-airport-runway.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gibraltar-airport-runway.shtml Thu, 28 May 2009 06:45:00 GMT Protest email claims that an upcoming movie to be called Corpus Christi depicts Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/corpus-christi-gay-jesus-movie-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/corpus-christi-gay-jesus-movie-hoax.shtml Thu, 14 May 2009 02:57:00 GMT Message claims that Ericsson will give away a free laptop computer to those who send the message to 8 or more people (Update). http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ericsson-free-lap-top.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ericsson-free-lap-top.shtml Wed, 13 May 2009 02:57:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient's email address has been randomly selected to win a large sum of money in a Spanish lottery. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/loteria-espana-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/loteria-espana-scam.shtml Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:00 GMT Email claims that a man named Jim Neugent received a very rude response when he contacted US television network ABC to complain about an episode of "The Practice" which dealt with the possible gay marriage of two of the characters. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/jim-neugent-abc-letter.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/jim-neugent-abc-letter.shtml Sun, 10 May 2009 11:30:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs show a public toilet made of one way glass located in Houston, Texas. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-way-glass-toilet.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-way-glass-toilet.shtml Thu, 07 May 2009 05:58:00 GMT Person posing as a computer scientist at a Nigerian bank claims that he can help procure the release of a large sum of money owed to the recipient that has been deliberately held up by other bank officials. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/computer-scientist-advance-fee-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/computer-scientist-advance-fee-scam.shtml Tue, 05 May 2009 04:25:00 GMT Messages attempt to lure Facebook users into logging into bogus Facebook lookalike sites such as fbstarter.com. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-facebook-login.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-facebook-login.shtml Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:05:00 GMT Message warns that a person named Christopher Butterfield is a hacker and that simply accepting a friend request from him will allow him to hack in to your computer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-butterfield-hacker-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-butterfield-hacker-hoax.shtml Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:44:00 GMT Message warns that a hacker that uses the address "dr3am_rock@hotmail.com" or the nick name "Linda M" can take over the computers of those who simply accept him as a contact. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dr3am_rock-hacker-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dr3am_rock-hacker-hoax.shtml Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:15:00 GMT Email forward claims that an attached photograph shows a massive hard disk drive designed for use with the 1956 305 RAMAC computer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/1956-hard-disk-drive.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/1956-hard-disk-drive.shtml Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:35:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs depict a revolutionary new pen-shaped personal computer that operates via a projected virtual keyboard and monitor. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pen-computer.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pen-computer.shtml Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:44:00 GMT Message claims that attached photographs show a unique flying luxury hotel called the "Hotelicopter" that is soon to begin its first tours. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hotelicopter-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hotelicopter-hoax.shtml Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:37:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient's Visa account has expired and warns that, to stop the account being closed, he or she must renew it immediately by following a link in the message. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/visa-card-expired-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/visa-card-expired-scam.shtml Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:05:00 GMT Email forward asks recipients to sign an attached petition letter that requests the Australian Government to address serious problems encountered by children with Autism within the current education system. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/petition-for-autism-units-schools.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/petition-for-autism-units-schools.shtml Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:51:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient's webmail inbox is close to its maximum size and instructs him or her to reply with the account username and password so that the database can be reset. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/check-inbox-size-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/check-inbox-size-scam.shtml Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:12:00 GMT Quote attributed to Karl Marx apparently quite accurately predicts the current world economic crisis although it is supposedly taken from Marx's book "Das Kapital", which was written in 1867. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/karl-marx-quote.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/karl-marx-quote.shtml Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:35:00 GMT Warnings circulating in Egypt claim that people have suffered fatal brain hemorrhages after receiving a "killer" mobile phone text message from "unknown foreign quarters" containing a special combination of numbers. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sms-death-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sms-death-hoax.shtml Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:05:00 GMT Messages circulating via email, blogs, and online communities are warning computer users about a "sleeper" virus dubbed the "downadup" or "conficker" worm. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sleeper-virus-warnings.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sleeper-virus-warnings.shtml Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:50:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs show a monument donated by Russia as a memorial for the victims of 9/11. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tear-drop-monument.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tear-drop-monument.shtml Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:13:00 GMT Email claiming to be from Gary Hogman, (aka Gary Hogan) a soldier serving in Iraq, asks recipients to pray for Gary's wife Cindy who has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cindy-hogman-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cindy-hogman-prayer-request.shtml Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:20:00 GMT Circulating email warns that mobile phone numbers in Australia are "going public" next month and claims that consumers will be charged for calls made to them by telemarketing companies. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/do-not-call-register.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/do-not-call-register.shtml Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:45:00 GMT Email purporting to be from the Abbey Bank requests the recipient to click a link to log on to his or her bank account in order to restore access. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/abbey-bank-phishing-email.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/abbey-bank-phishing-email.shtml Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:09:00 GMT Very outdated email asks recipients to help identify a young girl who was injured in the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/lost-tsunami-girl.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/lost-tsunami-girl.html Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:03:00 GMT Email forward claims that attached photographs show a mass migration of rays in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/stingray-migration.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/stingray-migration.shtml Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:58:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Delta Air Lines provides details of a supposed ticket purchase and instructs recipients to open an attached file to view a passenger itinerary receipt. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/delta-airlines-malware-email.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/delta-airlines-malware-email.shtml Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:40:00 GMT Circulating image shows the tail number of US Presidential aircraft Air Force One as being "N166ER", a combination of letters and numbers that can be read as a racist epithet. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/airforce-1-tail-number-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/airforce-1-tail-number-hoax.shtml Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:23:00 GMT