Trying to figure out the story behing what I assume is a hoax/urban legend about Michael Jackson. [more inside]
posted by whoaali on Jun 28, 2009 - 9 answers

How do you deal with friends or family sending you (and everyone else in their address book) fake virus warnings and other hoaxes? [more inside]
posted by Skyanth on Jun 19, 2008 - 31 answers

I'm being driven crazy by what is most likely an interesting, artistic hoax. [more inside]
posted by louche mustachio on May 25, 2008 - 10 answers

What was the name and site of the girl a couple of years ago, who claimed to be terminally ill, but was just making it up for the sake of her blog?

If the site is down, does anyone know the details?
posted by lemonfridge on Feb 3, 2005 - 14 answers

Spam-a-lot: Are there spam filters that can reject phony "Mail returned" virus e-mails by comparing the "failed" address to what you've actually sent? Such hoaxes are dominating my daily spam quotient, despite my use of spam-blocker Razor. But it seems like these would be easy enough for a program to detect.
posted by inksyndicate on Jul 28, 2004 - 3 answers