Message circulating via social media warns users not to add somebody called “Jason Lee”, “Linda Smith”, “Jason Allen” or “Amy Allen” to their friend list because it is a virus. Other versions warns users not to add Raquel Critelli or Kelly Hargrove.
Links to reports about older hoaxes, scams, and true stories. These messages may now be quite outdated and no longer in general circulation. However, they may still occasionally come your way and also retain some historical value.
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Message circulating via social media warns users not to add somebody called “SMARTGRRL15” to their friend list because it is a virus.
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Person agrees to purchase an expensive item advertised online such as a boat and trailer. The buyer advises the seller that he will be including an extra amount over and above the agreed price that he wishes the seller to wire to a third party to cover shipping costs.
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Messages circulating rapidly on Facebook warn users not to install the “Christmas tree app” because it is a destructive trojan virus.
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Circulating message claims that the three year old girl depicted in an attached photograph is missing and asks that recipients forward the message in the hope that someone has seen her and can help reunite her with her family.
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Message warns users to watch out for emails with the subject “Here you have it” because they contain a very dangerous computer virus that allows a hacker named “life owner” access to the infected computer.
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Message warns that an email that includes little red shoes dancing and offers the recipient a thousand free songs actually contains the Kleneus66 virus which will destroy the hard drive on the infected computer.
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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.
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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.
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Message claims that emails featuring photographs of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown smiling contain a dangerous computer virus that will crash your computer and damage it beyond repair.