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Help Find Ashley Flores-Fiction!
2007-11-14 10:42:00
Summary of the eRumor: The eRumor includes a picture and says it is of a 13-year old girl named Ashley Fores who has been missing for two weeks. She is said to be the daughter of a deli manager for Acme markets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Truth: TrtuthOrFiction .com has not been able to find any evidence of a missing 13-year old named Ashley Flores . The Philadelphia police department says it knows nothing of her. A spokesperson for Acme Markets in Philadelphia says people have been contacting them to offer help, but they know nothing of a missing Ashley Flores either. This eRumor not only has all the ingredients of a hoax but even uses some of the wording from two other widely circulated eRumors about missing children that are also hoaxes. We're looking into reports that Ashley Flores is real an...
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Enter your ATM Pin Number Backwards to Summon Police-Fiction!
2007-11-13 08:46:00
Summary of the eRumor: An alert that if you ever find yourself in a scary situation at a banking ATM machine, such as a thief forcing you to withdraw cash, just enter your personal identification number (PIN) backwards. That will automatically send a message to the police that you are in trouble and they will respond to the machine. The eRumor says that most people don't know about this. The Truth: The eRumor is false because there isn't anywhere that we could find where this emergency procedure at ATM machines is actually being used. There is a seed of truth to it, however, in that the idea has been floating around for a while. One of the biggest proponents has been in Illinois attorney named Joseph Zingher. He says the notion came to him when he was a law student at the University of Illinois and one evening was withdrawing mone...
More About: Fiction , Police , Enter , Backwards , Number

Forward an Email for Polish Burn Victim Alexandra-Fiction!
2007-11-13 08:33:00
Summary of the eRumor: A picture of a burned infant girl with the story that her name is Alexandra and she was injured in a house fire in Poland. She's being cared for in Cracow but her care is expensive and her parents are not able to keep paying. You are asked to forward the email and they will receive 3 cents for each forwarded email to apply to Alexandra's care. The Truth: This is a hoax. There is no system being used on the Internet that traces the pathways of forwarded emails to compensate anybody. Additionally, if this is a patient from Poland she is probably receiving treatment through the government's National Health Fund. We don't know where the picture came from or who the girl is in the picture, but whoever decided to fabricate this eRumor apparently doesn't care that she is being dishonored and put on display for sake of a ...
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Injuries on Children Caused by ScotchBrite Easy Eraser or Mr. Clean Magic E
2007-11-09 13:05:00
Summary of the eRumor: There are apparently different versions of this but they all warn that children can experience injuries on the skin from the ScotchBrite Easy Eraser or the Mr Clean Magic Eraser. One of the eRumors says that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is being removed from store shelves because of containing formaldehyde. The Truth: The bottom line is that there is a first-hand story of a child who experienced skin irritation from a ScotchBrite Easy Eraser but there is dispute about whether it was from chemicals or the abrasive action of the product from being rubbed on the skin. The story about Mr. Clean Magic Eraser being removed from the market is not true. Procter & Gamble Mr Clean Magic Eraser The eRumor claims that the Magic Eraser contains formaldehyde. If you review the govern...
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Young Girl with Serious Health Problems from Drinking Milk From Wal-Mart-Un
2007-11-09 13:03:00
Summary of the eRumor: The story of an 11-year-old girl who has had menstrual bleeding since she was 8 and has also started lactating. The eRumor says it is because she's been drinking milk injected with rBST, a hormone given to cows to increase their milk production. The eRumor focuses on Wal-Mart Great Value milk as a source of the rBST and recommends against feeding it to your family. The Truth: There is controversy over rBST, which stands for recombinant bovine somatotropin. It is an artificial growth hormone used in cows. We've not found the family of Marissa, the 11-year old girl referenced in the eRumor. If she is real her family's suspicions are worthy of consideration but do not constitute proof that what they describe has been caused by ingesting milk from Wal-Mart . There are other conditions that can cause early menstruation such...
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The Seagull That Steals Doritos-Truth!
2007-11-09 13:01:00
Summary of the eRumor: An animated file that shows a seagull walking through the open door of a market and stealing a bag of Dorito chips. It is said to happen at a store in Scotland and that the gull does it on a regular basis. The Truth : The pictures are authentic and the story is true. According to the BBC the gull has been walking through the door of RS McColl newsagents in Aberdeen, Scotland since the beginning of July, 2007. When the coast looks clear and the shopkeeper is looking the other way, the seagull walks over to a display of snack foods and always takes the same thing--a small personal sized bag of cheese Doritos chips. He's been nicknamed Sam and has become a local celebrity. Customers who are entertained by the bird have even started paying the store for the bags that have been stolen. Once the bird takes the Dorit...
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Pink Dolphins?-Truth!
2007-10-23 08:17:00
Summary of the eRumor: A forwarded email with pictures of what the message says is a rare pink dolphin.The Truth : The pictures and the story are true. As indicated in the eRumor, the original pictures were taken on June 17, 2007 by Captain Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service, a company that does hunting and fishing charter trips in Louisiana.The pictures were taken on Lake Calcesieu, an estuary north of the Gulf of Mexico in Southwestern Louisiana.There is a species of what is called "pink dolphin" that lives in South America in the Amazon river. This sighting in Louisiana, however, is considered rare because it appears to be a bottlenose dolphin but pink ones are virtually never seen.A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet: Extremely Rare And Beautiful Pink Dolphin Spotted Picture provided by: by Capt. Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service This extremely rare and beautiful "pink dolp...
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Getting AA Batteries from 6-volt Lantern Batteries-Unproven!
2007-10-23 08:13:00
Summary of the eRumor:The eRumor includes a link to a video that shows how to take apart a 6-volt lantern battery to find 32 AA sized batteries inside. A way to save money?The Truth:If there is a 6-volt lantern battery out there with 32 AA cells in it, we have yet to find it.One of our employees here at TruthOrFiction.com took apart an old 6-volt lantern battery and found 4 large cells inside, no AA cells. There are several similar reports on the Internet of folks who bought lantern batteries only to find the four larger cells, no AA cells.We've found literally dozens of similar stories on the Internet from people who had the same experience but so far none who found the 32 AA cells.There are also reports of finding AAAA or AAA cells in 9-volt batteries and splitting A-23 12-volt batteries into 8 1.5 volt button batteries.A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet: WATCH THIS IF YOU USE AA BATTERIES ....ad wh...
More About: Batteries , Erie , Prove , Proven

Who am i??
2007-10-06 10:34:00
I'm not a children who can only ask without doing anything. I'm not an adult who can and want doing anything without thinking about it. I'm just want to think and doing what i think. I'm just a waste in our society, waste for doing changing to our world...

Geeks Undercover
2007-10-05 10:24:00
Welcome to my Own Blog. Geeks undercover inside me. I'm not a great man and i'm also not an intelectual person. But, i've wanted to and i've principle that i want to learn how to learn about this life and to be a GEEKS......
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