Hoaxes
Links to reports about all kinds of email, Internet, and social media hoaxes.
Looking for reports published before 2016? Click here to view an archive of hoax report listings on the legacy Hoax-Slayer website.
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Fake-NewsHoaxes
Fake News Report Claims Loggers Have Cut Down World’s Oldest Tree
by Brett M. Christensen October 12, 2018Circulating ‘news’ report claims that illegal loggers have mistakenly cut down the world’s oldest tree in the Amazon Rainforest.
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Hoax Warning Message – ‘National Kill A Pit Bull Day’
by Brett M. Christensen October 7, 2018Warning message that circulates via social media claims that October 31 (Halloween Night) has been designated as “National Kill a Pit Bull Day”.
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HoaxesHumour
‘Facebook Law For Idiots’ Video From CollegeHumor.Com
by Brett M. Christensen October 3, 2018The absurd ‘Facebook Privacy Notice’ message tends to again go viral on Facebook every few months.
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Revamped version of the Microsoft email beta test hoax includes “testimonies” and a bank account screenshot of supposed money received.
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Hoaxes
Entering ‘@[4:0]’ as a Facebook Comment Displays ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ But Has Nothing to do With Hacking
by Brett M. Christensen September 6, 2018According to a post that is currently making its way around Facebook, you can check that your Facebook account has not been hacked by entering ‘@[4:0]’ into a comment.
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Fake-NewsHoaxes
Henry Winkler is NOT Dead and Did NOT Leave Half of His Estate to MAGA
by Brett M. Christensen September 4, 2018According to a message circulating via social media, American actor and director Henry Winkler has died and has left half of his estate to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign.
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Christmas Lights were NOT Banned in Cardwell, North Queensland
by Brett M. Christensen August 30, 2018Circulating rumours claim that the local council in the small north Queensland town of Cardwell has banned the displaying of Christmas lights after receiving a complaint from a local mosque.
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According to a message that is currently going viral on Facebook, a new deadly spider is spreading across the USA. Supposedly, five people in the last week have died after being bitten by this new “spider from hell”.
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According to a message that is currently circulating via social media, you will see two moons in the sky on August 27th, one of which will be the planet Mars. Supposedly, Mars will appear as large as the moon.