INTERNET HOAXES, SCAMS, URBAN LEGENDS & SPAM
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NOW ON WITH HOAXES, URBAN LEGENDS, SCAMS, CHAIN LETTERS, & SPAM
All there is to know about hoaxes, urban legends,
scams, chain letters, & spam, and how to combat the use of such. Also a good resource to learn to spot them with examples of each.
| Hoax = False, deliberately deceptive information |
| UL = Urban Legend – a popularly believed narrative, typically false |
| Rumor = Anecdotal claims – may be true, false, or in between |
| Junk = Flotsam and jetsam of the Net |
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If you forward ALOT of emails, you'll want to check this out......... A FORWARDER'S 12 STEP PROGRAM
FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS SITE ON SO THAT OTHER PPL MAY LEARN ABOUT AND/OR LEARN TO VERIFY A LETTER BEFORE BLINDLY FORWARDING IT TO EVERYONE AND ANYONE PLUS THEIR GRANDMOTHER
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HOAXES,SCAMS,URBAN LEGENDS & SPAM site.
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RAILBIRD
SCAM BUSTERS
INTERNET SCAMS:
Internet ScamBusters Helps You Protect Yourself
From Clever Scams -- Online and Offline...
- Getting Rid of "Spam"...and Other E-mail Pests
- by Randy Cassingham
- Top Ten Dot Cons
- The FTC maintains a number of websites to help consumers understand their rights and to give information about Internet fraud. This site, Top Ten Dot Cons, contains a wealth of articles and information about online scam techniques and how to avoid them
- EMAIL ABUSE.ORG
- EmailAbuse.org is dedicated to informing users of this potential abuse and providing them with the tools to avoid becoming a victim and to fight back at Email Abusers!
- PURPORTAL.COM
- a GREAT search tool to determine whether or not a letter is a Hoax, Scam, or Urban Legend PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....use this tool BEFORE passing on any questionable email!!!!! Added 9-5-01
- Vmyths.com- Truth About Computer Virus Myths & Hoaxes
- Added 8-03-00
- HOAX ON FIRE
- Where we set to flame rumor and lies.
- Hoax, Myth, Fraud, Chain Letter and Anti-Spam Sites
- Internet -101.com
- THE BEST CHAIN LETTER EVER
- this says it all in a very straight forward manner that no one could misunderstand....rated PG
- HOAX
BUSTERS
You are the XXXXXXXXXth visitor to the CIAC Internet Hoax and Chain Letter pages since February 1995. Interspersed among the junk mail and spam that fills our Internet e-mail boxes are dire warnings about devastating new viruses, Trojans that eat the heart out of your system, and malicious...- Scams
- a list of common scams, 10 pages worth
- 0SPAM
- Easy to follow instructions in reporting spam to the correct authorities BECOME A SPAM FIGHTER!
- REPORT SPAM
- here are some additional places to report spam Plus follow the links for helpful and informative sites. CREDIT for this page goes to TOM
- REPORTING SPAM AND OTHER ILLEGAL VIOLATIONS
- another site with addies to report spammers and others
- What to do if you recieve SPAM
- another site
listing addies to report SPAM
Done by BLUE FOX - Urban Legends and Foklore
- become familiar with Email Hoaxes and HALF TRUTHS
- C-Net Hoaxes
- comprehensive list also includes links to CIAC and Minning Co. Urban Legends
- DR. SOLOMON'S
- every thing you need to know about viruses
- Nerd Herd
- use to verify bogus letters, learn the anatomy of a chain letter & check virus hoaxes
- Hoax information in alphabetical order
- "Easy to find" list of Hoaxes
- Abuse.Net/Com addresses
- Use to look up abuse addresses for different domains to report Chain letters and other offenses
- Internic.com
- This site does the same as previous site
- JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST SPAM
- I know I am
- UPDATE ON FIGHTING SPAM WITH SPAM COP 11-01
- THINGS HAVE CHANGED SOME AT SPAM COP
- Chain Letters
- what they are, what they do,
and different forms chain letters take
PLEAE REPORT ALL CHAIN LETTERS TO ABUSE@WEBTV.NET AND/OR THE POSTMASTER OF THE DOMAIN THE LETTER CAME FROM...CHAINLETTERS ARE ILLEGAL!!! - One of the best pages for urban legends
- they have a great search engine
- FREE
- Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email
- ELECTRONIC PETITIONS
- how could they be bad...find out by clicking here
- How To Defeat A Chain Letter
- also with other resources
- Real Life
- the results of an internet hoax
- One of the earliest pages of Urban Legends on the web
- has an archive, what is an Urban Legend?, and more
- LIBRARY OF URBAN LEGENDS
- Use search engine on top of page to find what you're looking for.
- Don't spread that hoax
- kinda slow loading but it's worth it
- An interesting page in the Urban Legend pages is this one
- It includes responses that can be sent as a reply if you receive an urban legend email. In many cases Bob Rankin (of Tourbus) has researched a hoax, and provides background information.
- What Net4TV has to say about hoaxes etc
- Net4TV is a bimonthly newsletter written by WebTv users for WebTv users.
- VIRUS HOAXES
- This page is considered the industry standard information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts.
Page authored by
Mark at
RAILBIRD@WEBTV.NET
Co-authored by Larry at
SUPERBSAINT@WEBTV.NET
And thank you to P2 at
Pennington2@netscape.net for additional
links to informative and helpful sites.
It would be totally indignant of me if I don't give
a VERY SPECIAL "THANK YOU" to Momma Nightowl at Lady-Chat-A-Lot@webtv.net
I thank you for all of your help in
making people aware of and how to use this site, for
your diligant use of this site to determine whether or
not a letter is a hoax, urban legend, chain letter or
some scam. Plus for the individual effort and the efforts of your chikadees in the WAR
against
SPAM