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Email Forward: Help Identify Young Girl Caught in Tsunami
by Brett M. Christensen January 11, 2005Versions of this email forward have now been circulating continually since soon after the Asian tsunami disaster of 2004. The young girl…
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Don’t Flash your Lights? Gang Initiation Myth Hits London Summary:
by Brett M. Christensen November 22, 2004Long circulated message warns drivers not to flash lights at cars driving with headlights off because it is part of a violent gang initiation ritual.
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This hoax message claims that tennis star, Serena Williams, has made outrageous comments about her dating preferences in an interview.
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Email claims that 9-year-old Penny Brown is missing and urges you to forward the message to others.
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Message with attached photographs of two large camel spiders being held up by a soldier claim that the creatures are a danger to troops stationed in Iraq.
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Circulating message claims that HIV infected blood has been placed in the ketchup dispensers of fast food outlets.
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This message, which features a picture apparently depicting the hands of God in the clouds, has been circulating since 2004.
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning by Candle Email Warning
by Brett M. Christensen August 25, 2004This warning email claims that a person named “Charlene” died of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of burning candles in an air-conditioned room.
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Email that includes an image of a ghostly girl in the Sundarbans claims that bad luck will befall those who do not forward the message.