Articles recently published or updated on hoax-slayer.com. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/latest-information.html Copyright 2010 Brett M.Christensen en hoax-slayer@hoax-slayer.com(Brett Christensen) Message claims that a series of attached images show a 13 story apartment building that toppled over in China due to major construction errors. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/13-story-buliding-collapse-china.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/13-story-buliding-collapse-china.shtml Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:00 GMT Warning message claims that criminals in the UK are placing infant car seats containing fake babies on the sides of rural roads as a means of tricking potential victims into stopping their cars so that gang members can rape and rob them as part of a gang initiation. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/infant-car-seat-gang-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/infant-car-seat-gang-warning.shtml Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:25:00 GMT Message claims that a man in Thailand died after consuming powdered rhino horn that had been deliberately poisoned in a controversial attempt to curtail the poaching of rhinos. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/poisoned-rhino-horn.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/poisoned-rhino-horn.shtml Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:41:00 GMT Protest message claims that refugees in Canada receive a substantially higher monthly pension payment from the Canadian government than that received by Canadian old age pensioners. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/canadian-pension-refugees.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/canadian-pension-refugees.shtml Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:39:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Financial Ombudsman Services in the UK claims that, during investigations into corrupt banking practices, it was discovered that funds previously owed to the recipient have been put on hold because a "Money Laundry Anti-terrorist Drug Clearance" document was not submitted. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/financial-ombudsman-advance-fee-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/financial-ombudsman-advance-fee-scam.shtml Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:29:00 GMT Email with attached photographs claims that a technician found a snake inside a computer after the user reported hearing hissing noises and a bad smell. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/snake-in-computer.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/snake-in-computer.shtml Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:09:00 GMT Warning circulating rapidly on Facebook warns users not to click on links labelled "New Gifts For You" because the links will launch a virus that will automatically spread via Facebook comments. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/new-gifts-for-you-virus-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/new-gifts-for-you-virus-warning.shtml Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:55:00 GMT Message claims that attached images depict a luxury yacht that comes complete with a specially produced supercar that will be carried as a tender in a stern garage. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/luxury-yacht-supercar.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/luxury-yacht-supercar.shtml Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:09:00 GMT Message claims that August 2010 has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Tuesdays and that this combination of days only occurs once in 823 years. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/august-2010-fact.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/august-2010-fact.shtml Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:11:00 GMT Bogus messages being posted on Facebook claim that users can follow a link to install a "Dislike Button" on their Facebook account. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-dislike-button.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-dislike-button.shtml Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:02:00 GMT Email claims that AOL and Zdnet will donate money to help a child with brain cancer every time the email is forwarded. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rachel-arlington-charity-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rachel-arlington-charity-hoax.html Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:14:00 GMT Message claims that attached images show an innovative solar powered tower that is to be built in the bay at Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/solar-city-tower-2016-olympics.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/solar-city-tower-2016-olympics.shtml Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:53:00 GMT Message with a photograph of very colourful roses claims that the flowers are specially bred to grow in multiple colours. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/multicoloured-roses.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/multicoloured-roses.shtml Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:25:00 GMT Post circulating via Facebook warns users not to open any message about "a girl who killed herself over something her father wrote on her wall" because the message contains a self-replicating Trojan virus. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/girl-killed-herself-virus-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/girl-killed-herself-virus-hoax.shtml Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:16:00 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 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:46:00 GMT Viral message asks recipients to pray for the recovery of a 22 month old who accidentally shot himself in the chest with a brad nailer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/baby-shot-nailgun-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/baby-shot-nailgun-prayer-request.shtml Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:31:00 GMT Email forward claims that an attached file contains coupons that can be printed off and redeemed for Doritos products to the value of $5 per coupon. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-doritos-coupon.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-doritos-coupon.shtml Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:21:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Timothy Crawford, a recruitment officer for the Pattaya Orphanage Trust, offers the recipient a job processing donations from Australian residents. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pattaya-orphanage-trust-laundering-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pattaya-orphanage-trust-laundering-scam.shtml Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:27:00 GMT Email that includes attached images of a baby with a severely enlarged head claims that, each time the email is forwarded, money will be donated to help pay for an operation to help the child. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-headed-baby-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-headed-baby-hoax.shtml Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:43:00 GMT Messages claim that the sender has expensive pet parrots for sale very cheaply or is willing to give the birds away for free to a good home. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/parrot-advance-fee-scams.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/parrot-advance-fee-scams.shtml Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:50:00 GMT Email forward claims that virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell performed incognito at a metro station in Washington DC playing on a violin worth millions of dollars but his performance received very little interest from passersby. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/joshua-bell-subway.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/joshua-bell-subway.shtml Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:02:00 GMT Message advises recipients that "Imitinef Mercilet", a medicine that cures blood cancer, is available free of charge from the Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai, India. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-blood-cancer-medicine.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-blood-cancer-medicine.shtml Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:30:00 GMT Message that includes a quote about work and government billed as "possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read" implies that the words were penned by famous US artist Norman Rockwell. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/norman-rockwell-moment.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/norman-rockwell-moment.shtml Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:41:00 GMT Email claims that Earth and Mars will have the closest approach in recorded history in August and will be a spectacular sight for stargazers. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:08:00 GMT Widely circulated message asks recipients to help find the parents of 4 year old Pooja, who was rescued from a kidnapper by police but cannot clearly communicate her identity. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/help-pooja-find-parents.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/help-pooja-find-parents.shtml Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:30:00 GMT Email claims that AOL will help Debbie Shwartz, a struggling single mother, by donating money every time an email is forwarded to 12 people. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shwartz-charity-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shwartz-charity-hoax.html Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:05:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Australian telecommunications provider, Telstra, claims that the company was unable to process a recent payment and the recipient is therefore required to click a link and update billing information or risk interruption to service. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/telstra-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/telstra-phishing-scam.shtml Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:44:00 GMT Message posted to Facebook users claims that the account holder has won a large sum of money in the Face Book 2010 promotion. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-lottery-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-lottery-scam.shtml Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:35:00 GMT Email forward warns recipients not to use laptop computers in bed because of the risk of fire. The message claims that 25 year old Arun Gopal recently died in a tragic house fire caused by an overheated laptop left on his bed while he was sleeping. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/laptop-fire-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/laptop-fire-warning.shtml Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:03:00 GMT Warning message claims that scammers posing as Microsoft staff members are calling people and attempting to trick them into handing over access to their computers. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-callers-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-callers-scam.shtml Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:36:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Verified by Visa, claims that, due to multiple failed attempts to access the recipient's account, the account holder must confirm account information within 48 hours or the account will be suspended indefinitely. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/visa-banking-incident-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/visa-banking-incident-phishing-scam.shtml Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:40:00 GMT Message spreading via Facebook warns about a "Trojan worm" called Knob Face and advisers recipients to avoid adding a user called "Smartgirl 15". It also warns users to watch out for links labelled "Barack Obama Clinton scandal". http://www.hoax-slayer.com/knob-face-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/knob-face-warning.shtml Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:51:00 GMT Warning message claims that researchers at Princeton University have discovered that electromagnetic radiation from decorative magnets stuck to refrigerator doors "radiated" the food inside thereby massively increasing the probability of cancer in test mice used in the study. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/refrigerator-door-magnet-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/refrigerator-door-magnet-warning.shtml Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:42:00 GMT Message claims that attached photographs show a 15 foot long Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake caught at St. Augustine, Florida. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/staugustine-giant-rattlesnake.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/staugustine-giant-rattlesnake.shtml Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:41:00 GMT Message warns that an email attachment named "Black in the White House" or "Black Muslim 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 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:45:00 GMT Caption accompanying a widely circulated image claims that the picture depicts how scientists in 1954 imagined a home computer set-up would look in 2004. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/1954-computer.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/1954-computer.html Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:03:00 GMT Message circulating via BlackBerry Messenger, purporting to be from Research In Motion (RIM), claims that, due to a server problem, the recipient must resend the message to all his or her contacts or the account will remain inactive and contact information will be lost. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/blackberry-rim-inactive-account-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/blackberry-rim-inactive-account-hoax.shtml Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:57:00 GMT Message claims that Blackberry is giving away free phones to those who forward the email to eight or more people. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/blackberry-giveaway-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/blackberry-giveaway-hoax.shtml Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:16:00 GMT Message warns recipients not to open an email with a subject or attachment titled "Resignation Of Barack Obama" or "Postcard From Bejing" because it contains a virus that will destroy the hard drive on the infected computer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/obama-resignation-virus-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/obama-resignation-virus-hoax.shtml Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:10:00 GMT Circulating images supposedly depict a five-headed cobra found at Kukke Subrahmanya, a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Karnataka. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/five-headed-cobra-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/five-headed-cobra-hoax.shtml Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:52:00 GMT Message claims that, upon hearing that there were over 10,000 "cattle guards" in NSW and Queensland, then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ordered that half of the "guards" be fired immediately because he mistakenly assumed that the cattle guards were actually human guards rather than simply steel grate devices placed on roadways to restrict the movement of cattle and other livestock. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-rudd-cattle-guard-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-rudd-cattle-guard-hoax.shtml Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:16:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from AOL, claims that, due to a payment processing failure, the recipient's AOL service will be blocked unless he or she updates payment details within 24 hours by following a link in the message. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/aol-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/aol-phishing-scam.shtml Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:45:00 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 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:06:00 GMT Message warns users not to add 27 year old Rehana from "leicister" because she is a hacker. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rehana-hacker-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rehana-hacker-hoax.shtml Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:17:00 GMT Messages circulating via Facebook, SMS and email claim that seven women have died after inhaling free perfume samples sent to them in the mail. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/terrorist-perfume-sample-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/terrorist-perfume-sample-hoax.shtml Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:51:00 GMT Alert message circulating via Facebook and other websites claims that an 8 year girl in West Valley City, Utah was abducted by two men driving a white sedan with the licence plate 9770J or 977AJ. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/little-girl-utah-abduction-alert.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/little-girl-utah-abduction-alert.shtml Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:56:00 GMT Messages circulating rapidly around Facebook claim that you can receive a free Apple iPhone 4G or an an Apple iPad by following a link and signing up on a third party website. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-apple-products-facebook-spam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-apple-products-facebook-spam.shtml Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:42:00 GMT Email forward claims that 13-year-old Ashley Flores is missing from Philadelphia. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ashley-flores.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ashley-flores.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:07:00 GMT Message claims that a man posing as a car park attendant at Bristol Zoo collected unauthorised parking fees from zoo visitors for 25 years before absconding to Spain to live in luxury on the proceeds of his illegal activities. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bristol-zoo-car-park-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bristol-zoo-car-park-hoax.shtml Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:34:00 GMT Message claims that a series of attached photographs depict an old grain silo that has been relocated to Niftynev Homestead in Shane Park NSW and converted to a modern, well appointed apartment. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/grain-silo-house.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/grain-silo-house.shtml Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:50:00 GMT Circulating message claims that US comedian Bill Cosby is intending to run for President in the 2012 elections. The message supposedly outlines Cosby's platform for reform should he become President. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bill-cosby-president-2012-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bill-cosby-president-2012-hoax.shtml Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:35:00 GMT Message claims that the star "Aderoid" will move close to the Earth in June 2010 and will appear as large as the Sun to the naked eye. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/star-aderoid-two-suns-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/star-aderoid-two-suns-hoax.shtml Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:36:00 GMT Message claims that not even Microsoft and Bill Gates can explain why it is impossible to create a folder named "CON" on a Windows based computer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:24:00 GMT Message claims that a violent male criminal is attempting to abduct women at the Galleria Shopping Centre in Perth Western Australia by pretending to be an old woman. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/old-woman-smashed-window-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/old-woman-smashed-window-warning.shtml Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:49:00 GMT Message circulating via Facebook and other social networking websites asks for prayers for two year old Emiliano Briones Ronquillo. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/emiliano-briones-ronquillo-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/emiliano-briones-ronquillo-prayer-request.shtml Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:27:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from Australia's Commonwealth Bank, claims that the recipient's online account access has been suspended until he or she verifies identity and account details via a link in the message. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/commonwealth-bank-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/commonwealth-bank-phishing-scam.shtml Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:50:00 GMT Message purporting to be from Facebook, claims that the user's Facebook account has been deactivated and urges him or her to follow a link to reactivate the account. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-deactivated-account.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-deactivated-account.shtml Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:28:00 GMT Email claims that you can enter a competition to win a four night cruise for two people from South Africa's Starlight Cruises simply by forwarding the message to ten people. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/starlight-cruises-giveaway-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/starlight-cruises-giveaway-hoax.shtml Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:38:00 GMT Circulating story claims that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's great-great Uncle Remus was hanged as a horse thief and train robber in 1889 and that the Prime Minister's staff answered a query about this politically unfortunate ancestral connection with a piece of classic political spin that attempted to present Uncle Remus's nefarious activities in a positive light. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/remus-rudd-hanged-horse-thief-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/remus-rudd-hanged-horse-thief-hoax.shtml Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:22:00 GMT Message claims that Australia’s General Peter Cosgrove made a remark about a female interviewer being "equipped to be a prostitute" during an interview on ABC radio. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cosgrove-female-interviewer.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cosgrove-female-interviewer.shtml Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:53:00 GMT Viral video supposedly shows young men participating in a "new sport" in which they apparently run on water with the aid of special water proof footwear. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/walking-on-water.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/walking-on-water.shtml Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:34:00 GMT Widely circulated video supposedly shows how to save money by extracting 32 AA batteries from one 6-volt lantern battery. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/6-volt-battery-hack.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/6-volt-battery-hack.shtml Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:32:00 GMT Message provides information about sixteen year old Kelsey Nicole Ray who want missing from Superior, Montana on 30th May 2010. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kelsey-ray-missing.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kelsey-ray-missing.shtml Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:29:00 GMT Protest email claims that a sign posted on the door of a Muslim owned shop in Houston in September 2009, honoured one of the September 11 hijackers who flew the aircraft into the World Trade Center. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/houston-mall-sign.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/houston-mall-sign.shtml Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:25:00 GMT Email claims that an attached photograph shows a large snake dragging the body of a cow out of a gorge waterhole. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/snake-pulling-cow.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/snake-pulling-cow.shtml Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:50:00 GMT Email forward that includes photographs showing a Volkswagen car with a motorcycle wedged inside it, claims that the images show the end result of an accident that killed three people. The images reportedly depict a display featured at a motorcycle fair. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/motoycle-inside-vw-accident.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/motoycle-inside-vw-accident.shtml Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:32:00 GMT Emails purporting to be from delivery company, UPS, claim that a package sent by the recipient could not be delivered. The messages instruct the recipient to open an attachment to print out an invoice. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ups-malware.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ups-malware.shtml Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:27:00 GMT Email from a grieving father outlines the danger of inhaling Dust-Off computer cleaner, after his son died as a result of "huffing" the product. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dust-off-warning.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dust-off-warning.html Mon, 31 May 2010 05:13:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from online service provider CompuServe, claims that the recipient must reply immediately with his or her CompuServe login details or risk having the account closed. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/compuserve-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/compuserve-phishing-scam.shtml Mon, 31 May 2010 01:26:00 GMT An amusing poem about computing that has circulated widely online and via email is attributed to American writer, Dr Seuss. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/packet-pocket-poem.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/packet-pocket-poem.html Wed, 26 May 2010 13:23:00 GMT Email, purporting to be an official prize notification document from Coca-Cola, claims that the recipient has won 950,000.00 GPB in the "Coca-Cola Company 2010 online Promo". http://www.hoax-slayer.com/coca-cola-online-promo-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/coca-cola-online-promo-scam.shtml Wed, 26 May 2010 07:24:00 GMT Email with a disturbing image of a starving child being shadowed by a vulture claims that the photograph won a Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalist, Kevin Carter. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-carter-pulitzer.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-carter-pulitzer.shtml Wed, 26 May 2010 00:02:00 GMT Message circulating via social networking websites and email asks recipients to offer prayers for the Mike LeBleu family who lost four of their daughters in a house fire in May 2010. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/LeBleu-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/LeBleu-prayer-request.shtml Tue, 25 May 2010 02:47:00 GMT A rogue Facebook Application is posting links on Facebook Walls that supposedly open a video showing "Distracting Beach Babes". http://www.hoax-slayer.com/distracting-beach-babes-facebook-malware.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/distracting-beach-babes-facebook-malware.shtml Tue, 25 May 2010 00:39:00 GMT Email forward that includes photographs of a tiger suckling several tiger-costumed piglets claims that the baby pigs were given to the mother tiger to counteract her depression after losing her own cubs. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tiger-piglets.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tiger-piglets.html Mon, 24 May 2010 06:00:00 GMT Email claims that an attached image depicts a kayak caught in the open mouth of a whale as it surfaces to feed. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kayak-mouth-whale.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kayak-mouth-whale.shtml Mon, 24 May 2010 05:20:00 GMT Message circulating on Facebook warns users not to join the group titled "becoming a father or mother was the greatest gift of my life" because it is operated by a group of pedophiles intent on accessing your Facebook photographs. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-father-and-mother-group-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-father-and-mother-group-hoax.shtml Mon, 24 May 2010 00:39:00 GMT Circulating message claims that 9 year old Michael Verster is missing from his home in Pinetown, South Africa. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/michael-verster-missing.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/michael-verster-missing.shtml Fri, 21 May 2010 06:31:00 GMT Email claims that Yahoo (or AOL) will help pay the medical expenses of a child badly burnt in a Walmart fire if the message is forwarded to others. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/walmart-fire-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/walmart-fire-hoax.html Fri, 21 May 2010 02:25:00 GMT Revamped version of the Microsoft email beta test hoax includes "testimonies" and a bank account screenshot of supposed money received. The message claims that Microsoft will send money to anybody who forwards it to others. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-beta-test-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-beta-test-hoax.shtml Fri, 21 May 2010 02:25:00 GMT Email that features a series of attached photographs depicting a severely damaged jet engine claims that the damage was caused by the aircraft flying through volcanic ash. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cessna-citation-ash-damage.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cessna-citation-ash-damage.shtml Thu, 20 May 2010 09:32:00 GMT Message that circulates via Facebook, MySpace and email asks recipients to pray for two year old Audri (or Audrin) King who has cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/audri-king-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/audri-king-prayer-request.shtml Tue, 18 May 2010 05:13:00 GMT Message purporting to be a "winning notification" from international football association FIFA, claims that the recipient has won two million eight hundred thousand dollars in the FIFA 2010 World Cup Lottery. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fifa-world-cup-lottery-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fifa-world-cup-lottery-scam.shtml Mon, 17 May 2010 03:56:00 GMT Email forward claims that 3-year-old Kevin Archer died after being pricked by a heroin filled hypodermic needle left in a McDonald's ball pit. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html Mon, 17 May 2010 00:41:00 GMT Message claims that drinking cold water after a meal will solidify "oily stuff" present in the food consumed and will lead to cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cold-water-cancer.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cold-water-cancer.html Wed, 12 May 2010 02:40:00 GMT Message claims that the "English Language Central Commission (ELCC)" has decided to remove the letter "Z" from the English Alphabet from June 1st. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/letter-z-removal-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/letter-z-removal-hoax.shtml Wed, 12 May 2010 01:23:00 GMT Message claims that an indoor plant that is commonly kept in homes and offices is so poisonous that it can kill a child in less than a minute and an adult in 15 minutes. The message, which comes with a photograph of the "killer plant", also warns that touching the plant and then rubbing your eyes can cause permanent blindness. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/killer-house-plant-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/killer-house-plant-warning.shtml Tue, 11 May 2010 04:39:00 GMT Protest emails claim that refugees receive a substantially higher monthly payment from the Australian government than do Australian pensioners. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/refugee-payment-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/refugee-payment-hoax.shtml Mon, 10 May 2010 01:59:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient has received an iTunes Gift Certificate worth $50.00 and instructs him or her to open an attached file to access a certificate code. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/itunes-certificate-malware.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/itunes-certificate-malware.shtml Mon, 10 May 2010 00:43:00 GMT Circulating message claims that attached images depict a K-7, an exceptionally large aircraft built in Russia during the 1930's. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/russian-K7-heavy-bomber.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/russian-K7-heavy-bomber.shtml Tue, 04 May 2010 03:48:00 GMT Email, purporting to be a "new message" from Paypal claims that an error has been detected in the recipient's Paypal account and he or she must submit an attached form verifying his or her details or risk having the account suspended. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/paypal-new-message-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/paypal-new-message-phishing-scam.shtml Sat, 01 May 2010 10:53:00 GMT Message claims that attached photographs show cake-frosting babies made from marzipan. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/marzipan-frosting-babies.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/marzipan-frosting-babies.shtml Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:26:00 GMT Email claims that, every time the message is forwarded, AOL will donate money to help Nirosha Silva pay medical bills for her seriously injured husband. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nirosha-silva-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nirosha-silva-hoax.shtml Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:25:00 GMT Email claims that an attached image showing a large shark very close behind a scuba-diving couple is a real photograph taken during a family holiday in Australia. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shark-behind-divers.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shark-behind-divers.shtml Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:08:00 GMT Message claims that a series of photographs showing incredible "cave" dwellings cut in to natural cone-shaped rock formations depict a village in Afghanistan. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/troglodytic-village.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/troglodytic-village.shtml Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:02:00 GMT Email warns that guns disguised as cell phones have been discovered and that the devices may pose a security threat at high risk locations such as airports. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cell-phone-guns.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cell-phone-guns.shtml Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:43:00 GMT Email, purporting to be an official notification from webmail service Gmail, claims that the user's Gmail account will be deleted if he or she does not forward the message to other contacts. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gmail-deleting-unused-accounts-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gmail-deleting-unused-accounts-hoax.shtml Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:12:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from India's Punjab National Bank claims that the recipient's account email address has been updated. It instructs the recipient to fill in an attached form to restore the account if he or she feels that the change was unauthorized. http://www.hoax-slayer.com//punjab-national-bank-phishing.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com//punjab-national-bank-phishing.shtml Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:48:00 GMT Message warns recipients that there is a possibility of dangerous acid rain falling between the 20th and 28th of the month as indicated by dark circles appearing around the moon. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/acid-rain-warning.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/acid-rain-warning.shtml Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:49:00 GMT Email forward warns that Cocoa Mulch can be harmful to dogs. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cocoa-mulch-warning.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cocoa-mulch-warning.html Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:32:00 GMT Circulating video supposedly shows young men floating above the ground and jumping safely from a high bridge solely with the aid of a chewing gum bubble filled with helium. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gum-helium-experiment.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gum-helium-experiment.shtml Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:56:00 GMT Email claims that a sterilization pill called Progesterex is being mixed with the date rape drug Rohypnol to facilitate sexual assaults that leave the victim sterile. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/date-rape-drug.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/date-rape-drug.html Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:36:00 GMT