Articles recently published or updated on hoax-slayer.com. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/latest-information.html Copyright 2009 Brett M.Christensen en hoax-slayer@hoax-slayer.com(Brett Christensen) Email, purporting to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) claims that the recipient may be eligible for a 19% refund on 2009 taxes if he or she registers online for the Cut Off Taxes Program. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ato-cut-off-taxes-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ato-cut-off-taxes-scam.shtml Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:56:00 GMT Email purporting to be from the National Health Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) claims that a complaint has been made against the recipient and urges him or her to review the complaint details via an attached document. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/NHCAA-complaint-scam-email.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/NHCAA-complaint-scam-email.shtml Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:00 GMT Email with an old photograph of a leader addressing a crowd claims that a speech on the assimilation of immigrants included in the message was made by Australia's first Prime Minister Sir Edmund Barton in 1907. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/edmund-barton-immigration-quote.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/edmund-barton-immigration-quote.shtml Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:26:00 GMT Messages circulating on Facebook claim that by entering 'automation labs' in the "Block People" search function of Facebook's privacy settings will reveal a list of people who have access to your Facebook account and should be blocked individually so that they cannot spy on you. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/automation-labs-facebook-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/automation-labs-facebook-warning.shtml Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT Message claims that emails featuring photographs of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown smiling contain a dangerous computer virus that will crash your computer and damage it beyond repair. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gordon-brown-smiling-virus-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gordon-brown-smiling-virus-hoax.shtml Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:01:00 GMT Email claims that the sender has been paid to kill you but he will cancel the contract if you pay him a large sum of money. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hitman-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hitman-scam.shtml Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:59:00 GMT Email, purportedly from online classifieds website Craigslist, claims that the recipient's Craigslist account has been blocked and he or she must follow a link in the message to confirm account details. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/craigslist-account-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/craigslist-account-phishing-scam.shtml Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:48:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs show "Giant George" a massive 7ft-long (2.13 meters) blue great dane that lives in Tuscon, Arizona. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-george-great-dane.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-george-great-dane.shtml Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:23:00 GMT Message circulating on Facebook warns that users should delete a Facebook application labelled "Unnamed app" because it is an "internal spybot" that can make Facebook runs more slowly than usual. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/unnamed-app-facebook-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/unnamed-app-facebook-warning.shtml Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:59:00 GMT Rumours circulating via social networking websites and email claim that Facebook will soon begin charging members a monthly fee for use of its services. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-charging-rumours.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-charging-rumours.shtml Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:16:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs depict a golfer whose arm was bitten off by an alligator when he attempted to retrieve his ball from an on course pond. (Warning: Graphic images) http://www.hoax-slayer.com/alligator-takes-golfer-arm.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/alligator-takes-golfer-arm.shtml Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:35:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from the Australian Taxation Office, claims that the recipient can receive a large tax refund by clicking a link in the message and filling out a web based form. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/australian-tax-refund-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/australian-tax-refund-scam.shtml Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:04:00 GMT Message claims that you can help pay medical costs for baby Manuela, a child with a rare disease who needs an operation, just by forwarding the email to at least three people. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/manuela-charity-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/manuela-charity-hoax.shtml Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:14:00 GMT Message warns that bogus Facebook notifications claiming that you have been reported by a friend for being offensive or for terms of service violations link to a computer virus. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-friend-reported-you-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-friend-reported-you-warning.shtml Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:09:00 GMT Email claims that a series of attached photographs show a radical new airless car tyre design being developed by Michelin that will soon be on the market. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/see-through-tyres.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/see-through-tyres.shtml Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:19:00 GMT Messages claim that 14 year old Ashley Lewis is missing from Kannapolis, in the American state of North Carolina. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ashley-lewis-missing.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ashley-lewis-missing.shtml Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:45:00 GMT Message warning that a Facebook group that protests against a supposed charge of $14.99 per month for Facebook services has links that point to a malicious website. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-charging-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-charging-hoax.shtml Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:39:00 GMT Message claims that a seriously ill baby girl will receive a donation from the phone company to help pay for a heart transplant every time the message is forwarded. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/baby-girl-heart-transplant-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/baby-girl-heart-transplant-hoax.shtml Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:58:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient has won the UK National Welfare Christmas Lottery and should contact a specified agent in order to claim a large cash prize. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uk-national-welfare-lottery-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uk-national-welfare-lottery-scam.shtml Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:10:00 GMT Message warns that an email attachment named "Black in the White House" contains a damaging computer virus that can destroy the hard drive of the infected computer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-in-white-house-virus-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-in-white-house-virus-hoax.shtml Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:48:00 GMT Email claims that a series of attached images depict new US dollar notes, including a $200 bill, that are to be released by the US government in 2010. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/new-us-dollar-designs.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/new-us-dollar-designs.shtml Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:47:00 GMT Message warns recipients not to accept a friend request from Christopher Davies or Jessica Davies because they are hackers who can gain access to your computer and the computers of your friends as well. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-davies-hacker-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-davies-hacker-hoax.shtml Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:35:00 GMT Protest message, supposedly supported by photographs of child brides, claims that 450 girls under ten were forced to marry adult men in a mass Muslim marriage recently held in Gaza. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mass-muslim-marriage.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mass-muslim-marriage.shtml Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:46:00 GMT Circulating video supposedly shows a bungee jumper having his head bitten off by a crocodile as he reaches the water. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bungee-jumper-crocodile.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bungee-jumper-crocodile.shtml Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:43:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Hotmail Customer Care claims that the recipient must confirm his or her Hotmail account by replying with account login details within 48 hours or risk having the account closed down. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/windows-live-hotmail-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/windows-live-hotmail-phishing-scam.shtml Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:23:00 GMT Message warns drivers that roadside criminals are throwing eggs at the windshields of passing cars in the hope that the drivers will be forced to pull over due to obscured vision and therefore become vulnerable to robbery. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/egg-windshield-robbery.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/egg-windshield-robbery.shtml Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:28:00 GMT Email claims that the user's email account has exceeded its storage limit and instructs him or her to reply with the account username and password in order to increase the mailbox size and restore full functionality. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-exceeded-storage-limit-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-exceeded-storage-limit-scam.shtml Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:54:00 GMT Message claims that attached images show an amazing new mobile computing device developed by Google that combines a touch screen, a camera, a scanner, WiFi, and Google Maps to give unprecedented access to information while on the move. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-amazing-device.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-amazing-device.shtml Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:42:00 GMT Circulating warnings suggest that a 2009 Westfield Shopping Australia Christmas gift card competition currently running on Facebook is a scam and contains trojans or viruses. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/westfield-giftcard-comp-facebook.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/westfield-giftcard-comp-facebook.shtml Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:29:00 GMT Email forward asks recipients to pray for 8 year old South African boy, Christopher Beets, who was seriously ill with cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-beets-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/christopher-beets-prayer-request.shtml Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:48:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Social Security Administration claims that the recipient's Social Security statement may contain errors and urges him or her to click a link to review the statement. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/social-security-errors-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/social-security-errors-phishing-scam.shtml Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:21:00 GMT Message claims that Facebook is becoming overpopulated and that members who do not send the information to others within two weeks will have their accounts deleted. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-overpopulated-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-overpopulated-hoax.shtml Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:00 GMT Message circulating via email and the Internet claims that recipients can print out an attached coupon to receive a free burger from gourmet burger chain, Red Robin. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-red-robin-coupon.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-red-robin-coupon.shtml Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:00 GMT Email claims that an attached photograph shows a flower in Mexico that is the largest in the world and only blooms once every forty years for four days. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/forty-year-mexican-flower-bloom.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/forty-year-mexican-flower-bloom.shtml Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMT Message warns that users will have to pay for MSN and email accounts unless they send the warning to at least 18 contacts. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/msn-18-contacts.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/msn-18-contacts.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:33:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient's ANZ Customer Registration Number and password have been revoked due to "severe numbers" of login attempts. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/anz-invalid-login-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/anz-invalid-login-phishing-scam.shtml Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:49:00 GMT Message claims that members of the public can go to the "LetsSayThanks" website and choose a thank-you card that will be sent to US soldiers serving overseas. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/xerox-say-thanks.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/xerox-say-thanks.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:43:00 GMT Email claims that attached photographs show several spectacular striped icebergs found in the Antarctic area. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/striped-icebergs.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/striped-icebergs.shtml Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:00 GMT Email forward claims that a series of attached photographs show a very colourful and spectacular display created by many varieties of algae and moss growing on an isolated river at a certain time of year. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/most-colourful-river.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/most-colourful-river.shtml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:59:00 GMT Email purporting to be from technical support claims that the recipient's mailbox has been deactivated and he or she must run an attached utility in order to restore email service. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mailbox-deactivated-trojan.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mailbox-deactivated-trojan.shtml Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:02:00 GMT Protest message claims that US President Obama has established a program in which welfare recipients are eligible to receive a free cell phone and a free monthly phone allowance. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:03:00 GMT Email claims that an attached photograph depicts a very rare atmospheric phenomenon called a "fire rainbow". http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fire-rainbow.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fire-rainbow.shtml Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:18:00 GMT beautiful photograph of desert wildflowers is circulating via email and online. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/god-spilled-paint.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/god-spilled-paint.shtml Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:18:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient has been awarded 2 million dollars as part of a donation pledge given by Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo as a condition of his conviction for embezzlement. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hyundai-donation-advance-fee-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hyundai-donation-advance-fee-scam.shtml Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:54:00 GMT Message requests Christmas cards for 5 year Noah Biorkman who is battling Neuroblastoma cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/noah-biorkman-card-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/noah-biorkman-card-request.shtml Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:17:00 GMT