A Library of Email Hoaxes

by Bob J on 05/22/2009 in Scams & Hoaxes, Security

For information on email hoaxes, refer to the links below before forwarding any emails. Email forwarding is a bad practice unless you strip out all the other addresses . . . like petitions, virus warnings, promises of wealth and giveaways and such, do your correspondent a favor and do a little research first.

Sites that provide information on the latest email hoaxes:

1. Museum of Hoaxes – http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax

2. Symantec – http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp

3. Sophos – http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/

4. About.com/Urban Legends – http://urbanlegends.about.com/

5. Break the Chain org – http://www.breakthechain.org/index.html

6. Hoax Slayer – http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mail-server-report-hoax.shtml

And the granddaddy of them all:

7. SNOPES – http://www.snopes.com/

Safe Surfing everyone! If you know of any other resources, please share it with us.

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4 Responses to “A Library of Email Hoaxes”

  1. Colin

    May 22nd, 2009

    Nice list BJ, will come in very useful for many that receive these scam and hoax emails.

    Maybe, just maybe, they will STOP forwarding them to anyone and everyone.

    • Frank J

      May 22nd, 2009

      Bob Jam,

      He rules!!! Colin I look forward to your next article!

  2. Kikolani

    May 25th, 2009

    I always go to snopes when I get a story that sounds suspicious. The one I really wanted to believe was the one about Mars being closest to the earth and being highly visible. The photographic opportunity just lured me in.

    ~ Kristi

    • Frank J

      May 26th, 2009

      Kristi,

      I use snoops as well and found it to be most effective.