These online spoofs and shams have made the rounds on Web sites and through e-mail. Perhaps you even believed one or two of them yourself.
1. The Accidental Tourist (2001)
2. Sick Kid Needs Your Help (1989)
3. Bill Gates Money Giveaway (1997)
4. Five-Cent E-Mail Tax (1999)
5. Nigerian 419 E-Mail Scam (2000)
6. It’s Kidney Harvesting Time (1996)
7. You’ve Got Virus! (1999 and on)
8. Microsoft Buys Firefox (2006)
9. The Really Big Kitty (2001)
10. $250 Cookie Recipe (1996)
11. Free Vacation Courtesy of Disney (1998)
12. Sunset Over Africa (2003)
13. Alien Autopsy at Roswell, New Mexico (1995)
14. Real-Time GPS Cell Phone Tracking (2007)
15. Apollo Moon Landing Hoax (1969)
16. Sell It on eBay! (1995)
17. Chinese Newspaper Duped (2002)
18. The Muppets Have Not Already Won (2001)
19. Chevrolet’s Not-So-Better Idea (2006)
20. Rand’s 1954 Home Computer (2004)
21. Microsoft Buys Catholic Church (1994)
22. Hercules, the Enormous Dog (2007)
23. Lights-Out Gang Member Initiation (1998)
24. Hurricane Lili Waterspouts (2002)
25. Pranks Shut Down Los Angeles Times Wiki (2005)
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