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Phishing Scams in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/phishing Phishing Scams in Plain English ... video "Phishing Scams in Plain English is designed to increase awareness of phishing scams and help viewers recognize and avoid phishing emails when they see them. The video includes: -An example of how the scam typically works -How to recognize and report a phishing email -What to do when you receive a phishing email -What to do if you mistakenly divulge information" |
 
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Free Beer
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/bl-free-beer.htm Free Case of Beer |
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Blackout 2003 Satellite Photo
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/bl_blackout_photo.htm Blackout 2003 Satellite Photo Emailed photo purports to show satellite view of the 2003 east coast blackout This bogus image began circulating via email within days of the northeast blackout of August 14, 2003. It doesn't stand up under scrutiny. |
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Email/Virus Hoax list and details at f-secure
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/ Email/Virus Hoax list and details at f-secure |
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Urban Legends Archive
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ Urban Legends Archive |
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email hoax info at Symantec / Norton
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html email hoax info at Symantec / Norton Symantec Security Response uncovers hoaxes on a regular basis. These hoaxes usually arrive in the form of an email. Please disregard the hoax emails - they contain bogus warnings usually intent only on frightening or misleading users. The best course of action is to merely delete these hoax emails. |
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Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm Stiller Research Virus Hoax News If you are looking for information on a specific hoax check our alphabetic list of common hoaxes. |
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email hoax list at Sophos
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/ email hoax list at Sophos Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible things. Unfortunately some recipients occasionally believe a hoax to be a true virus warning and may take drastic action (such as shutting down their network). Sophos provides information about virus hoaxes, chain letters, scams and misunderstandings to aid companies and individuals. |
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Internet Scambusters
http://www.scambusters.com/ Internet Scambusters Give us just 5 to 10 minutes a month, and we'll help you protect yourself -- and avoid being taken by -- Internet scams and fraud. Sign up for your FREE subscription to Internet ScamBusters now. |
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DataFellows AntiVirus Hoax Warnings
http://www.DataFellows.com/news/hoax/ DataFellows AntiVirus Hoax Warnings "This page is considered the industry standard information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts." 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. |
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Virus Hoaxes - listed at McAfee
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp Virus Hoaxes - listed at McAfee There are a lot of viruses out there. But some aren't really out there at all. Virus hoaxes are more than mere annoyances, as they may lead some users to routinely ignore all virus warning messages, leaving them vulnerable to a genuine, destructive virus. Next time you receive an urgent virus warning message, be sure to check the list of known virus hoaxes below. |
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CIAC Hoax Pages
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ CIAC Hoax Pages Interspersed among the junk mail and spam that fills our Internet e-mail boxes are dire warnings about devastating new viruses, Trojans that eat the heart out of your system, and malicious software that can steal the computer right off your desk. Added to that are messages about free money, children in trouble, and other items designed to grab you and get you to forward the message to everyone you know. Most all of these messages are hoaxes or chain letters. While hoaxes do not automatically infect systems like a virus or Trojan, they are still time consuming and costly to remove from all the systems where they exist. At CIAC, we find that we spend much more time de-bunking hoaxes than handling real virus and Trojan incidents. These pages describe some of the warnings, offers, and pleas for help that are filling our mailboxes, clogging our mailservers, and that generally do not have any basis in fact. |
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Is that email a hoax or not - check here
http://www.purportal.com/ That story that your brother-in-law just sent to you and forty other people sounds true... Put it to the test here. Take a couple key words from the message, paste or type them into one of the boxes below, and press the Enter key on your keyboard. |
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