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) 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 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:27:00 GMT Email forward includes a photograph apparently showing a massive bunch of bananas hanging from a very tall banana tree. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/huge-banana-bunch.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/huge-banana-bunch.shtml Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMT Email claims that an unusual and beautiful shell-shaped house depicted in a series of attached photographs is the home of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and is located in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, India. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sachin-tendulkar-shell-house.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sachin-tendulkar-shell-house.shtml Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:00 GMT Message outlines three seemingly strange procedures in Microsoft Windows operating systems and claims that not even Microsoft knows why these procedures work as they do. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-magic.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-magic.shtml Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:07:00 GMT Message claims that Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin took communion on the Moon using a special communion kit given to him by his church. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/communion-on-the-moon.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/communion-on-the-moon.shtml Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:43:00 GMT Email forward claims that an attached video shows an incredible music machine made from farm equipment at the University of Iowa. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/incredible-music-machine.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/incredible-music-machine.shtml Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:24:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from a parcel delivery service claims that a package could not be delivered due to a shipping address error and instructs the recipient to open an attachment to print out a shipping label. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shipping-address-error-trojan.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shipping-address-error-trojan.shtml Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:44:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from Facebook, claims that the user's Facebook password has been changed and informs him or her that the new password can be found in an attached document. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-password-change-trojan.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-password-change-trojan.shtml Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:40:00 GMT Email, purporting to be from PayPal, claims that the recipient's primary email address has changed and urges him or her to click a link in the message if the address change was unauthorised. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/paypal-address-change-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/paypal-address-change-scam.shtml Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:44:00 GMT Message claims that Canadian coffee and doughnut chain, Tim Hortons, adds nicotine to its coffee and that patrons have suffered serious health problems as a result. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nicotine-tim-hortons-coffee.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nicotine-tim-hortons-coffee.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:04:00 GMT Protest message calls on Australian consumers to avoid buying products that include the Halal Certification Authority Logo because the fees food companies pay for the use of the logo go to a religion that is "actively trying to destroy the Australian way of life" and possibly even supporting terrorism. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/halal-certification-cadbury-protest-email.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/halal-certification-cadbury-protest-email.shtml Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:16:00 GMT Virus protection "tip" claims that you can counter email worms simply by placing a phony email address such "AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA" as as the first entry in your address book. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/virus-control-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/virus-control-hoax.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:08:00 GMT Protest email tells the story of how a Muslim woman in a supermarket checkout line was firmly put in her place after she made critical remarks about the cashier's Australian flag lapel pin and Australia's involvement in the Iraq war. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/australian-flag-muslim-women-lapel-pin.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/australian-flag-muslim-women-lapel-pin.shtml Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:00 GMT Email claims that a scammer can take control of you phone if you key in 90#. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nine-zero-hash-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nine-zero-hash-hoax.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:09:00 GMT Message claims that steel left from the World Trade Center is being used in the construction of new navy assault ship, USS New York (Update). http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uss-new-york-wtc.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uss-new-york-wtc.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:49:00 GMT Email claims that US President Obama has directed the US Postal Service to release a new stamp that honours the Muslim EID holiday season. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/obama-muslim-stamp.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/obama-muslim-stamp.shtml Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:20:00 GMT Email forward supposedly contains a copy of a confidential inter-office memo in which a McDonald's manager advises staff to deliberately leave out products from customer orders as a means of increasing profits. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mDonalds-caught-out.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mDonalds-caught-out.shtml Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:14:00 GMT An image circulating via email and online is claimed to be a photograph of the North Pole that captures the moon at its closest point and shows the sun below the moon. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/north-pole-moon.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/north-pole-moon.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:30:00 GMT Email asks for help finding a new home for Cookie and Coco, two Labradors whose owners are moving and cannot take the dogs. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cookie-and-coco-labs.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cookie-and-coco-labs.shtml Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:59:00 GMT Email claims that people have died after being bitten by a spider hiding under a restaurant toilet seat in Florida. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/toilet-spider-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/toilet-spider-hoax.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:08:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient has won a large sum of money in a lottery draw organized by Microsoft, Yahoo and Google. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-google-yahoo-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-google-yahoo-scam.shtml Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:45:00 GMT Message tells the story of a seemingly backwoods couple in threadbare clothes who, after being rudely rebuffed by the President of Harvard University when they offered to donate a building in honour of their dead son, subsequently established Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gingham-dress-stanford-university.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/gingham-dress-stanford-university.shtml Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:29:00 GMT Email claims that a screensaver featuring the Budweiser Frogs contains a dangerous computer virus. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/budweiser-frogs.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/budweiser-frogs.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:36:00 GMT Message claims that attached photographs depict a man who paints himself in such a way that he appears to blend into the background to such an extent that he is almost invisible. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/invisible-man.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/invisible-man.shtml Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:08:00 GMT Email claims that your Hotmail (or Yahoo) account will be terminated if you don't forward the message (Update). http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hotmail-account-hoax.html http://www.hoax-slayer.com/hotmail-account-hoax.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:43:00 GMT Email targeting BT Yahoo (Btinternet) users claims that the recipient's account will be suspended if he or she does not reply with account login details within 72 hours. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bt-yahoo-email-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bt-yahoo-email-phishing-scam.shtml Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:07:00 GMT Email warns that scammers posing as UK telecommunications company BT staff are tricking people into revealing their bank or credit card details by claiming that their phone service will be disconnected if they do not pay an overdue bill immediately. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bt-unpaid-bill-phone-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bt-unpaid-bill-phone-scam.shtml Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:07:00 GMT Message claims that attached photographs depict giant works of art created by growing different coloured rice plants in Japanese rice fields. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/japanese-rice-crop-art.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/japanese-rice-crop-art.shtml Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:54:00 GMT Email with an attached photograph of a very muscular canine claims that the dog is the strongest in the world and works for the Russian Army. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/strongest-dog.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/strongest-dog.shtml Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:35:00 GMT Email purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service claims that a possible fraud attempt involving unreported income has been discovered by the tax agency and urges the recipient to click a link to review his or her tax statement. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/unreported-income-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/unreported-income-phishing-scam.shtml Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:49:00 GMT Email calls for prayers to help speed the recovery of 8 year old Sam Bish, who has been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sam-bish-prayer-request.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/sam-bish-prayer-request.shtml Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:28:00 GMT Email claims that the recipient has won a large sum of money in a "Promotion Award" operated by search engine giant, Google. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-promotion-award-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-promotion-award-scam.shtml Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:01:00 GMT Message claims that L.P.C. Electronics is giving away Sony Vaio Laptop to recipients who forward the email to twenty other people. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:48:00 GMT Message claims that Nancy Pelosi, current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, answered a psychiatrist's test question in a way that revealed a decided lack of intelligence. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nancy-pelosi-captain-cook.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nancy-pelosi-captain-cook.shtml Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:55:00 GMT Viral video supposedly shows a man sliding down a giant water slide at great speed before flying off a ramp at the end of the slide to land in a small round wading pool. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-water-slide-video.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-water-slide-video.shtml Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:04:00 GMT Circulating photographs show a specialized motorbike that has a towing attachment that can be used to easily retrieve broken down vehicles in heavy traffic situations. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/towcycles.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/towcycles.shtml Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:07:00 GMT Email purporting to be from Bell Canada claims that, due to a problem with a recent bill payment, the customer is required to click a link and update billing information via an online form. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bell-canada-phishing-scam.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bell-canada-phishing-scam.shtml Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:05:00 GMT Message claims that those who forward an email to a specified number of people will receive a free power inverter from Indian based power technologies company Luminous. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-luminous-battery-hoax.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/free-luminous-battery-hoax.shtml Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:36:00 GMT Swine flu warning email claims that the virus is already wiping out entire villages in Asia and is set to kill 6 out of ten people when a mutated version reaches the United States. The message claims that the information has been confirmed by the CDC and Johns Hopkins. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/swine-flu-fear-mongering.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/swine-flu-fear-mongering.shtml Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:58:00 GMT