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• in Entertainment
  Image Comics - New Release Reviews For March 21, 2012
  A Weekly Review Of Image Comics' Newest Releases So You Don't Waste Your Time
  by zacharyhunchar / on Mar 21, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Iconic Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Discovered to be a Fake
  A famous painting of Mary Todd Lincoln, given away after Abe Lincoln's assassination, has been unveiled as a hoax by an independent curator.
  by dopodomani / on Feb 11, 2012
• in Politics
  Terror Fears Rise with Strange Incidents
  Several recent incidents on airliners and trains add to the fears of Islamic terrorist reprisals.
  by marjoriehaun / on May 9, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “hoax”

 

• The Continuing Collapse Of The Global Warming Hoax

  
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  By Alan Caruba ~ While the nation tries to come to grips with the cascade of scandals involving the Obama administration, a significant phenomenon has been occurring. It is the demise of the global warming/climate change hoax that has driven national and international policies since the 1980s. Directed from ...
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• Bindi Irwin: Victim of Internet Death Hoax

  
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  DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" The late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s daughter, Bindi Irwin, is alive, despite internet rumors the 14-year-old Aussie had died on Thursday. …read more Source: Extra TV    The post Bindi Irwin: Victim of Internet Death Hoax appeared first on ...
  3 days ago

• Simon Pegg Feels Responsible For Chinese Alien Hoax

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 729
  Actor Simon Pegg said that he feels responsible for a Chinese farmer’s failed alien hoax. Several days ago, we reported that a Chinese man identified in media reports as a “Mr. Li” had made an alien out of rubber, chicken wire and glue, and posted pictures of the supposed “corpse” with a rather ...
  4 days ago

• Steve Irwin’s Daughter Dies? Untrue, But Not A Death Hoax

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 729
  This morning, “Steve Irwin’s daughter dies” hit news trends and gave many readers a start, but first and foremost you should know that Bindi Irwin is alive and well and unhurt. At first glance, the “Steve Irwin daughter dies” links may appear to be another cruel death hoax, the sort to which we are mostly ...
  4 days ago

• Bufale un tanto al chilo: i kebab e l’orticello

  
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  Dopo l’articolo sulle Bufale della scorsa settimana ci siamo dati da fare, e con l’aiuto di qualche amico abbiamo iniziato a diffondere il verbo e raccogliere bufale in giro per la rete. Mhhh, vorrei un Kebab… Questa settimana è andata alla grande la storia dei kebab contenenti polmone, lingua, cuore, ...
  4 days ago

• Garbled Facebook Message Warns of ‘New FB Cloning Scam’

  
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  Outline Message circulating on Facebook warns users of a “new fb cloning scam” in which scammers pretend to be you and ask your friends to send them money. © Depositphotos.com/Andrejs Pidjass Brief Analysis The message is apparently attempting to warn users about two real scam methods that ...
  5 days ago

• Ticketmaster ‘Ticket Order Confirmation’ Scam Emails

  
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  Outline Email purporting to be from event ticket provider, Ticketmaster claims to be a “ticket order confirmation” for a recent ticket purchase. The message claims that details of the ticket purchase can be found in an attached file. © Depositphotos.com/SOMATUSCANI Analysis The message is not ...
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• Sir Arthur and the Fairies

  
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  via The Public Domain Review In the spring of 1920, at the beginning of a growing fascination with spiritualism brought on by the death of his son and brother in WWI, Arthur Conan Doyle took up the case of the Cottingley Fairies. Mary Losure explores how the creator of Sherlock Holmes became convinced that the ...
  5 days ago

• A call from my credit card company

  
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  They only call to sell you something, right? But no, thats not the only reason you might get a call. Hello. Are you Robert Brown? Yes. thats me. This is Mark Hanson calling from MasterCards security fraud division. Yes. Do you have a MasterCard with the number: 5304-9892-7929-1807? Wait, I have to get ...
  5 days ago

• Naveena Shine attracts attention with “Proof” of Breatharian claim. Does the “Proof” exist?

  
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  Woman hasn’t eaten since May 3, plans to go on So reads the breathless headline of a United Press International story published on June 10, 2013. Is it true? Naveena Shine of Seattle declares in a press release and a website that: On May 3rd 2013, the Spiritually based endeavor, “Living On Light” ...
  5 days ago

• No, Microwaving your Smart Phone Will NOT Charge Its Battery

  
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  Outline Circulating message claims that placing your smart phone in a microwave for one minute will fully charge its battery. © Depositphotos.com/TpaBMa2 Brief Analysis Microwaving your phone certainly will NOT charge its battery. It WILL totally destroy your phone and may damage your microwave ...
  6 days ago

• Tax Credit Recipients Targets For Hoax Emails

  
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  Tax Credit recipients targets for hoax emails HMRC are warning those who claim Tax Credits to be vigilant about fraudulent emails being sent by criminals. Fraudsters are using the looming Tax Credit renewal deadline to induce claimants into sending them private financial information which would allow them to ...
  6 days ago

• Bogus Warning – Don’t Flash Headlights Gang Initiation

  
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  Outline Message purporting to be from security company Chubb warns drivers not to flash their headlights at any cars driving with no lights on. The message claims that, as part of a gang initiation, gang members will chase any car that flashes them and shoot and kill all of the cars occupants. © ...
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• Unconvincing Rubber Alien Gets Man Jailed For Five Days

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 729
  A Chinese man was jailed for an alien he made out of rubber. His unconvincing alien prop was followed by an even more unconvincing story, which got him five days in the slammer. The man, called Mr. Li, was arrested for an elaborate alien hoax he had staged and blogged about. According to Li, he happened upon an ...
  6 days ago

• dailydot:What you’re about to read is a review of a KFC...

  
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  dailydot : What you’re about to read is a review of a KFC sandwich. There is nothing sweet or savory about the rotting carcass of a chicken twisted and crushed with cruelty. There is nothing delicious about bloodmouth carnist food. How does it feel knowing your stomach is a graveyard? This comes to Tumblr ...
  6 days ago

• How banks help scammers steal your money

  
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  Crooks need help from real banks to rip you off. Lets say a crooked telemarketer somehow tricks you into revealing your credit card information over the phone. Now that hes got that info, how does he get your money out of your bank and into his company? What happens is the crooked company that calls you uses ...
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• ‘Privately, several people connected with the academy have questioned if unflattering attention to Ms. Berlowitz’s pay might prove awkward, given that the report is, as Mr. Rowe put it, “a full-throated plea for more public and private funding.” Accordin

  
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  It’s the hydra-head problem again. When the head of the group that assembled the upcoming report on the impoverished state of the humanities in America is herself way over-compensated (plus – reportedly – the daily user of a chauffeured limo) it makes it easy for enemies of funding to say Hey well ...
  6 days ago

• Know Your Platinum Anniversary Doc/Fest Music Film Schedule!

  
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  Tweet Electro Moscow That’s right, platinum (or china, if you’re a traditionalist): Sheffield Doc/Fest turns 20 this year. Weird that platinum is 20 while gold is 50, whereas a platinum album denotes greater success than a gold album … but then, the music business is weird too, one of the ...
  1 week ago

• Perfume Email Hoax

  
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  Outline Circulating messages claim that criminals lurking in parking areas are using drugs disguised as perfume to debilitate and rob victims. © Depositphotos.com/Mikhail Dudarev Brief Analysis The warnings are untrue and should not be taken seriously. They are just incarnations of a long running urban ...
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• Giant Snake on Digging Machine Image

  
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  Outline Circulating message claims that an attached photograph depicts a massive 700 lb snake hanging on the boom of a digging machine. According to the message, the snake was pulled from a lake in Proctor, North Carolina. © Depositphotos.com/Anna Lotowska Brief Analysis The photograph is genuine, but ...
  1 week ago

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