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Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning.
Do not forward hoax messages. We've seen cases where e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict company guideline: End users must not forward virus alarms. Ever. It's not the job of an end user anyway. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department but not to anyone else.
Do note that we generally add only virus-related hoaxes to this list. We can not evaluate whether non-computer related folklore stories are urban legends or true stories. We're not going to add them to this list either. Check http://www.snopes.com/ for general urban legends.
List of known hoaxes:
50 latest hoax description modifications
--> 2005.11.30 Cell Phone hoax --> 2005.10.03 Lottery --> 2005.07.20 ICE hoax --> 2005.06.03 Nokia phone promotion hoax --> 2005.03.14 Welcome to the Matrix --> 2005.03.08 Life is beatiful hoax --> 2004.08.19 T-Virus Hoax --> 2004.08.11 Sassy --> 2004.04.20 Hallmark Greeting Card hoax --> 2004.04.20 CellSaver --> 2004.04.20 Email Bomb warning --> 2004.04.20 AOL4FREE --> 2004.03.01 SlaveMaster hoax --> 2003.10.09 Got You --> 2003.10.08 Touched By An Angel hoax --> 2003.08.04 C-Nile --> 2003.07.09 Paypal scam --> 2003.07.01 jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax --> 2003.06.19 Free Flights --> 2003.05.07 Blue Mountain --> 2002.12.09 Wobbler virus hoax --> 2002.09.19 Bud Frogs --> 2002.09.10 Cancer chain letter --> 2002.08.30 Email Tracking --> 2002.08.20 Internet cleaning hoax --> 2002.05.16 Sulfnbk.exe virus hoax --> 2002.04.22 Perfume hoax --> 2002.04.02 Microsft piracy letter --> 2002.03.11 !0000 trick --> 2002.02.19 Applebees Gift Certificate Gift Certificate hoax --> 2002.02.18 Good Times --> 2002.01.30 Your screen name hoax --> 2002.01.10 Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax --> 2001.12.04 WTC Survivor hoax --> 2001.11.19 Hotmail Account hoax --> 2001.10.15 Klingerman Virus hoax --> 2001.10.11 HIV needles hoax --> 2001.10.11 Terrorist attacks on malls hoax --> 2001.08.30 Blotto virus hoax --> 2001.08.30 My New Pics hoax --> 2001.06.07 Gamma2 --> 2001.05.14 Pay-at-the-pump gas station incident hoax --> 2001.05.14 Bill 602P hoax --> 2001.05.14 Champagne Lovers chain letter --> 2001.05.14 Gas Out chain letter --> 2001.05.14 NEWYORK BIG DIRT and THE FUCKER message hoax --> 2001.04.26 Nokia cellphone radiation hoax --> 2001.04.04 ERICELL enginer hoax --> 2001.03.06 I'M Your Shadow hoax --> 2001.03.06 New Pictures of Family hoax Hoax information in alphabetical order--> !0000 trick --> 10 CDs hoax (Ten CDs hoax) --> 419 fraud (Money Transfer hoax) --> 6210 radiation hoax (Nokia cellphone radiation hoax) --> A.I.D.S. (Open: Very Cool) --> A4F-Spoof (AOL4FREE) --> ACE (Cell Phone hoax) --> AIDS (Open: Very Cool) --> AOL Account Monitoring hoax --> AOL Badguy hoax --> AOL Badguy hoax twist (Frozen IM hoax) --> AOL IM chain letter --> AOL Price petition --> AOL Riot 2 hoax --> AOL2000 Update --> AOL4FREE --> ASP hoax --> Advance fee fraud (Money Transfer hoax) --> All Seeing Eye Virus hoax --> Anti-CDA hoax (Meme hoax) --> Applebees Gift Certificate Gift Certificate hoax --> BUGGLST --> Barbie chain letter --> Bath and Body Works hoax --> Be My Valentine hoax --> Bill 602P hoax --> Bill Gates Email Tracking (Email Tracking) --> Bloat (MP3 virus) --> Blotto virus hoax --> Blue Mountain --> Blue Mountain Arts (Blue Mountain) --> Bud Frogs --> BuddyList hoax (BuddyLst hoax) --> BuddyLst hoax --> Budfrogs (Bud Frogs) --> Budsaver (Bud Frogs) --> Budweiser Frogs (Bud Frogs) --> Bug's Life (BUGGLST) --> C-Nile --> California virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax) --> Cancer chain letter --> Casey horror story chain letter --> Celcom Screen Saver (CellSaver) --> Cell Phone hoax --> Cell Phone virus hoax (Cell Phone hoax) --> CellSaver --> Champagne Lovers chain letter --> Christmas Tree --> Christmas Tree Warnings (Christmas Tree) --> Clingerman (Klingerman Virus hoax) --> Clip chain letter --> Cola-Cola hoax --> Cookie chain letter (Neiman-Marcus Cookie chain letter) --> Costa Rica Bananas Infection hoax (Infected Bananas hoax) --> Cracker Barrel Gift Certificate hoax --> Crazy70707 IM hoax (Frozen IM hoax) --> Crotale (Matra) --> Cyber Promotions CDs hoax (Ten CDs hoax) --> DIGIPHONE hoax (ERICELL enginer hoax) --> DeafSupport e-mail hoax --> Deeyenda Maddick --> Deeyenda (Deeyenda Maddick) --> Defrag (Good Times) --> Derffle Virus hoax --> Deutsche Telekom warning hoax --> DisneyWorld hoax --> Don't Delete Iwon.com chain letter --> Don't Lick Envelopes urban legend --> Dr. Simons hoax (Money Transfer hoax) --> Drew Kennedy virus hoax --> E-Mail Tracker chain letter (RH Power chain letter) --> E-mail from DeafSupport (DeafSupport e-mail hoax) --> ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes --> ERICELL enginer hoax --> EXE.EIDE --> EXE.EIDE hoax --> EYES.EXE --> EYES.EXE false alarm (EYES.EXE) --> Easter comics --> El Poco virus hoax --> Elf Bowl (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes) --> ElfBowl hoax (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes) --> Email Bomb warning --> Email Tracking --> End Times (Good Times) --> Ericsson WAP Give-Away hoax --> Eyes --> FATE 3.0 warning --> Family Pictures hoax (New Pictures of Family hoax) --> Famous People (Easter comics) --> Fighting Canaries hoax --> Fish (Frog and Fish warnings) --> Flashing IM hoax --> Fortune.exe Virus hoax (What's Your Future hoax) --> Francesca --> Francesca chain letter (Francesca) --> Free Computer Equipment hoax --> Free Diet Coke hoax --> Free Flights --> Free Gap Clothes --> Free Gap Clothes hoax (Free Gap Clothes) --> Free Gift Card hoax (Navy Shopper hoax) --> Free Money hoax (Derffle Virus hoax) --> Free Trip --> Free Trip to Hawaii (Free Trip) --> Free nokia giveaway hoax (Nokia phone promotion hoax) --> Frog Pult (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes) --> Frog and Fish warnings --> Frog in Blender (Frog and Fish warnings) --> FrogPult hoax (ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes) --> Frozen IM hoax --> GIF hoax (YUKON3U.MP hoax) --> Gamma2 --> Gas Out chain letter --> Get More Money --> Get More Money hoax (Get More Money) --> Ghost --> Ghosts (Ghost) --> Girl Thing hoax --> Good News (Good Times) --> Good Times --> Good Times hoax --> Got You --> Grammar Bug --> Grammar Bug 2 --> HIV needles hoax --> Hacker Riot --> Hacker's List chain letter --> HackingBurgh --> Hackingburgh --> Hacky B-Day --> Hallmark Greeting Card hoax --> Halloween Greetings Post Card hoax --> Halloween attack (Terrorist attacks on malls hoax) --> Happy New Year hoax (Lump Of Coal hoax) --> Honda hoax --> Hot to Deep Fry a Cat hoax (PBR virus hoax) --> Hotmail Account hoax --> How to Give a Cat a Colonic hoax --> I'M Your Shadow hoax --> ICE hoax --> IDNYSTE$$.FYI --> IDNYSTE$$.FYI virus hoax (IDNYSTE$$.FYI) --> In Case of Emergency phone hoax (ICE hoax) --> Independence hoax --> Infected Bananas hoax --> Inheritance fraud (Money Transfer hoax) --> Intel and AOL Class Action Suit hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax) --> Intel and AOL Merger hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax) --> Internet Flower For You hoax --> Internet Flower hoax --> Internet cleaning hoax --> It Takes Guts to Say Jesus (Jesus) --> It's Like That hoax --> Iwon.com chain letter (Don't Delete Iwon.com chain letter) --> JPG hoax (YUKON3U.MP hoax) --> Jesus --> Join the Crew --> Join the club --> Jungle Sex chain letter --> KFC chain letter (Kentucky Fried Chicken chain letter) --> Kali virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax) --> Kentucky Fried Chicken chain letter --> Klingerman Virus hoax --> Lets watch TV virus hoax (Wobbler virus hoax) --> Life is beatiful hoax --> Londhouse --> Londhouse hoax --> Long File Name Backup utility virus hoax (Sulfnbk.exe virus hoax) --> Lots of Jokes E-mail hoax (Warning Alert hoax) --> Lottery --> Lotus Notes virus hoax --> Luck chain letter --> Lump Of Coal hoax --> M & Ms Chocolate Candies hoax --> MIME FORMAT --> MIME FORMAT hoax --> MP3 Virus --> MP3 virus --> MSN hackers (Your screen name hoax) --> Macro Virus from Microsoft hoax --> Malls (Terrorist attacks on malls hoax) --> Matra --> Meme --> Meme hoax --> Microsft piracy letter --> Microsoft --> Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax --> Microsoft Homepage Virus hoax (Red Alert) --> Microsoft and AOL E-mail Beta Test hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax) --> Microsoft home page hoax (Microsoft) --> Microsoft piracy letter (Microsft piracy letter) --> Money Transfer hoax --> My New Pics hoax --> NASTYFRIEND99 (NastyFriend) --> NATO Virus hoax --> NCSA (Easter comics) --> NEWYORK BIG DIRT and THE FUCKER message hoax --> NastyFriend --> National Banks --> National Banks chain letter (National Banks) --> NaughtyRobot hoax --> Navy Shopper hoax --> Necrotizing Fasciitis Banana Infection hoax (Infected Bananas hoax) --> Neiman-Marcus Cookie chain letter --> Netscape and AOL Merger hoax (Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System hoax) --> New Pictures of Family hoax --> New Wheels hoax (Honda hoax) --> Newell Company chain letter --> Nigerian letter (Money Transfer hoax) --> Night Kiss Greeting Card hoax --> Nokia 3310 (Nokia cellphone radiation hoax) --> Nokia cellphone radiation hoax --> Nokia chain letter. (Win a Nokia hoax) --> Nokia phone promotion hoax --> Old Navy chain letter --> Open: Very Cool --> Open:Very Cool hoax (Open: Very Cool) --> PBR virus hoax --> PIRATED VERSIONS DETECTED (Microsft piracy letter) --> PK14 hoax --> PKZ300 --> PKZIP300 (PKZ300) --> Pay-at-the-pump gas station incident hoax --> Paypal scam --> Penpal Greetings --> Penpal greetings --> Perfume hoax --> Perrin.exe hoax --> Petroleum Trust Fund hoax --> Phantom Menace virus hoax --> Please Help Poor Dog (Poor Dog) --> Pleeeeeeeese Read! message hoax (Lotus Notes virus hoax) --> Poison perfume (Perfume hoax) --> Poor Dog --> Postal E-mail Charges hoax (Bill 602P hoax) --> Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax --> Procter & Gamble hoax (Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax) --> Product Warning --> R-440 (Matra) --> RH Power chain letter --> Red Alert --> Returned (Unable to Deliver) --> Riddle chain letter --> SHEEP.EXE --> SHEEP.EXE warnings (SHEEP.EXE) --> SIZON.AVI hoax (It's Like That hoax) --> Sally Jesse Raphael Show hoax (Procter & Gamble and the Church of Satan hoax) --> Sandman --> Sandman homepage warning (Sandman) --> Sassy --> Save Little Girl chain letter (Cancer chain letter) --> Scmpoo (Sheep) --> Sheep --> SlaveMaster hoax --> South Park clip chain letter (Clip chain letter) --> Spell-Check (Grammar Bug) --> Sulfnbk.exe virus hoax --> T-Virus Hoax --> Taco Bell Dog hoax --> Teddy Bear hoax (jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax) --> Ten CDs hoax --> Terrorist attacks on malls hoax --> The Millenium Riot hoax (AOL Riot 2 hoax) --> Topanga --> Touched By An Angel hoax --> Trick to stop mass mailing viruses (!0000 trick) --> Turkey Mail --> Turkey Mail warning (Turkey Mail) --> Twister hoax --> Unable to Deliver --> Upgrade Internet2 hoax (Perrin.exe hoax) --> Victoria's Secret Gift Certificate chain letter --> Victoria's Secret chain letter (Victoria's Secret Gift Certificate chain letter) --> Virtual Card for You hoax --> Vote Against Hitler chain letter --> WIN A HOLIDAY hoax --> WTC Survivor hoax --> WWZ.SIP screensaver hoax (NEWYORK BIG DIRT and THE FUCKER message hoax) --> Warning Alert hoax --> We Are Watching You hoax (All Seeing Eye Virus hoax) --> Welcome to the Matrix --> What's Your Future hoax --> Win a Nokia hoax --> Wineyes (Eyes) --> Wobbler virus hoax --> Work Virus hoax --> XALAN (Cell Phone hoax) --> Y2K Computer Clock Bug Fix chain letter --> YUKON3U.MP hoax --> YUKON3U.mp --> Yahoo Help Desk hoax (Yahoo! Service Systems Overload hoax) --> Yahoo! Service Systems Overload hoax --> Your Friend D@fit hoax --> Your screen name hoax --> Zlatko Virus hoax --> anti-CDA (Meme) --> jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax
