Hoax-Slayer Nutshell

• Protest Message Rails Against New Facebook Timeline
  Message circulating rapidly on Facebook protests against the forced implementation of Facebook's new Timeline feature and asks users to repost as many times as possible in an effort to get Facebook to change its mind on the issue.
  
  
• Recent Facebook Porn Attack Highlights Dangers of Misleading 'Security' Warnings
  For two or three frantic days in November, 2011, many Facebook News Feeds were hit by a wave of pornographic and violent images.This article is not about the spam attack itself but about how a series of inaccurate and misleading 'hacker' and 'virus' warnings, that circulated the network well before the attack, contributed greatly to the general confusion, and ultimately, just made matters worse.
  
  
• Facebook 'Hackers' Do Not Have Supernatural Abilities
  Despite claims in various would-be security warnings, hackers cannot hijack Facebook accounts at will. To allow such activities to take place, users must have first taken some overt action such as installing a rogue app, opening an attachment or website that harbours malware, or providing personal information via a phishing scam.
  
  
• Double Dipping Advance Fee Scammers
  Advance fee scammers use a seemingly never-ending variety of back stories as vehicles for finding new victims. And, in a related tactic, they often tend to target people that have been previously caught out in such scams.
  
  
• Thanks Mr Frog, I Owe You One!
  Strange how seemingly insignificant incidents can have a profound effect on your life.
  
  
• Epsilon Security Breach Notifications
  Reader enquiries indicate that many people have received notifications via email or other means from various companies that inform them that their data may have been compromised in a recent security attack on attack on giant marketing and email service company, Epsilon.
  
  
• Confusion Over Correct Name for the Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is often mistakenly called the 'Congressional Medal of Honor' when the official name is simply the 'Medal of Honor '.
  
  
• SOMA Virus Warning (Just a Joke)
  Message warns users about the dreaded SOMA virus that may be infecting Facebook users.
  
  
• Joke - Thanks for all the Educational Emails
  A humorous look at all those email warnings that continually circulate.
  
  
• In My Opinion, Most Scam Victims are Naive, Not Stupid
  Labelling people as stupid or dumb because they have fallen for an Internet scam is unfair and unhelpful.
  
  
• Viral Video - Pacific Sun Cruise Storm Footage
  Viral video depicts the effects of a storm on board a cruise ship. The footage shows the uncontrolled, back and forth sliding of passengers, crew and furniture.
  
  
• Twitter Security Flaw Now Resolved
  Security flaw that caused havoc on social networking service Twitter has now been fixed.
  
  
• The Best Address in England (Adult Joke)
  Does Linda Lykes own a pub called 'The Cock Inn' that is located near the town of Tillet , Hertfordshire?
  
  
• Airbus A380 Cockpit - 360 Degree Panoramic View
  A message that is circulating rapidly vie email and social networking sites points recipients to a web page that features a panorama view of the cockpit of an Airbus A380.
  
  
• Hoaxes and Modern Technology
  Does modern technology make it a lot easier for pranksters to perpetrate hoaxes?
  
  
• Scan From Xerox WorkCentre Pro Malware Emails
  Trojan emails are being distributed that claim to have an attached document that was scanned and sent using a Xerox WorkCentre Pro.
  
  
• Behind the Phish - Following the Money
  A brief look at what is likely to happen after a victim's account has been compromised in a phishing scam.
  
  
• Forward For Freebies Email Hoaxes
  At some point, most Internet users have probably received a message that promises them a free product or service in exchange for forwarding the message to others.
  
  
• Pathetic "Out of Office" Spam Attempts
  Some desperate and pathetic spammers sign up for online newsletters just so they can set up auto replies advertising their useless products.
  
  
• Stamp Not Sticking Joke
  An old joke about a new postage stamp that apparently fails to stick has been reworked to target President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari.
  
  
• Pharmacy Spam Disguised as Twitter Emails
  A spate of spam emails disguised as Twitter notification messages have been hitting inboxes. The spam messages are tricked up to resemble genuine Twitter notification emails.
  
  
• Car Air Conditioning and The Story of the Goldberg Brothers
  Did the four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invent the automobile air-conditioner?
  
  
• Classmates.com Class Action Settlement Notice Email
  Emailed legal notice provides information about a proposed class action settlement in a lawsuit against the website, classmates.com.
  
  
• Blog Responsibly!
  In a day and age when everyone with a computer and Internet access can get his or her opinions, ideas and thoughts published and potentially read by many, many people, perhaps we have a certain responsibility to try to avoid spreading nonsense and misinformation.
  
  
• Absurd Charity Hoaxes Continue
  Many absurd hoaxes claim that a particular company or organization will donate a set amount of money per forwarded email to help a sick youngster in need.
  
  
• Airport Security Solution
  A proposed solution to airport security issues. Have a booth that you can step into that will not x-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your body.
  
  
• Bogus Facebook Offer Pages Abound
  An increasing number of Facebook pages are springing up that are designed to push people to visit very suspect third-party websites. Often, these pages try to get visitors to sign up for absurdly expensive SMS services or other dubious online services.
  
  
• Phishing in the Big Pond
  Like many other online entities, Australian based Internet Service Provider, BigPond has lately been targeted by phishing scammers.