The internet is fast becoming the home of millions of hoax and misleading emails each and every day. However, over the last couple of years we have seen a new breed of scam, false email alerts which are literally scaring the life out of people.
Here is a List of headline email false alert hoaxes doing the rounds at the moment :-
1. Point to Point Speed Camera Warning Email
2. Brian Keith Page Alert Email
3. Facebook Deleting Inactive Users Hoax
4. Progesterex – Sterility Date Rape Drug Hoax
5. Strawberry Quick Methamphetamine Warning
6. Bogus Legislative Brief – Pennsylvania Driver Cell Phone Use
7. Bum_tnoo7 Hacker Warning Hoax
8. Optical Mouse Cancer Warning Hoax
9. Olive Garden Syphilis Hoax
10. Heroin Needles and Snakes in Ball Pits – HIV Needles on Gas-Pump Handles
11. New California Traffic Laws Hoax Email
12. Coke and Mentos Death Warning Email
13. Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Mercury Warning
14. Deadly Mobile Phone Virus Hoax
15. Flat Tire Mall Abduction Warning
16. Mike Conalley – M.O.B Screen Name Warning Hoax
17. Contact Lens BBQ Warning Hoax
18. Cold-fx Cancer Warning Hoax
19. Dropped $5 Bill Serial Killer Warning Email
20. Another Hotmail Account Closure Hoax Email
21. Cold Water Causes Cancer Warning Message
22. Panadol Toxic To Body Warning Message (Contains some elements of truth)
23. Bebo.com Closing Down Hoax
24. Breast Larvae Infestation From Undergarments Hoax
25.Mr Clean Magic Erasers Contain Formaldehyde Hoax
26. Nicotine in Tim Hortons Coffee Hoax
27. Thieves Leave Women Naked in Restrooms Hoax
28. Formosan Termites in Mulch Warning
29. MSN 18 Contacts Hoax
30. Panadol Extra Kidney Damage Warning Hoax
31. Use Left Ear For Mobile Phone Hoax
32. Lead in Lipstick Alert – Cancer Causing Lipstick Hoax
33. RCMP Warning Hoax – No Headlights Gang Initiation Myth
34. Car-Jacking Scheme Warning – Paper on Rear Window
35. Premium Rate Phone Fraud Hoax
36. Mobile Phone Misinformation – XALAN and #90 Hoax
37. Email Forward Claims Jamie Bulger Killer Linked to Perth Child Murder
38. Australian Terrorist Attack Warning Hoaxes
39. 809 Area Code Scam Warning Email
40. Gang Member Hidden in Back Seat Myth
41. HIV Infected Needles on UK Cinema Seats Hoax
42. Hotel Key Card Security Risk Hoax
43. MSN Messenger 500,000 Signatures Hoax
44. 112 No Signal Mobile Phone Call Diverts to Satellite Hoax
45. Cell Phone Charging Danger Warning Email
46. Leptospirosis Death Warning – Rat Urine on Soda Can Top
47. Monkeyman935 Online Warning Hoax
48. AOL 100,000 Signatures Hoax
49. Plastics Cancer Link Email – Freezing Plastic Bottles – Plastics In the Microwave
50. Reusing Plastic Bottles Causes Cancer Hoax
51. Subway Terrorist Attack Hoax
52. Another London Attack Hoax Email
53. HIV Infected Blood in the Ketchup Hoax
54. AIDS From Contaminated Take Away Food Warning
55. Cruise Control Hydroplane Warning
56. Long Island Terror Email Hoax
57. Glade Plug-in Fire Hazard Email
58. Swiffer Wetjet Pet Death Email Rumour
59. Don’t Flash your Lights? Gang Initiation Myth Hits London
60. Roach Eggs on Envelopes Hoax Email
61. Exploding Cactus Spider Hoax
62. Spider Under Florida Toilet Seat Hoax
63. Camel Spiders in Iraq Hoax Email
64. McDonald’s Ball Pit Death Hoax
65. MSN Shutdown Hoax
66. Hotmail Account Hoax
67. Perfume Email Hoax
68. HIV Needle Hoax
69. Nine Zero Hash Phone Scam Hoax
70. Crying Baby Hoax
71. UPS Uniforms Hoax
72. Mobile Phone Death Hoax
73. Kidney Stealing Hoax
List courtesy of www.hoax-slayer.com
