Email hoaxes

From Mary Landesman, your guide to Antivirus Software, resources to help stem the flow of virus hoaxes and myths. Learn about some of the more common hoaxes and how to spot new ones.

Osama Bin-Laden hanged hoax
How a nearly non-existent Trojan email morphed into a hoax.

10000 email tip
A long running hoax, involving the addition of 10000 to the email address book.

48 Hours Virus Hoax
This hoax warns of a fictitious new virus allegedly arriving in 48 hours and warns that "it is a cyber-terrorism".

5-cent Email Tax
This email hoax warns of Federal Bill 602P which the author claims will impose a 5-cent email tax on every delivered email.

Email hoaxes

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