Sunday, February 5, 2012

Mayhem Eggsacted

November 17, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Are robbers flinging eggs at cars to impair drivers’ vision and force them to stop?

Scam of the Day-Invisibility Check

October 22, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

A pair of scammers attempted to cash checks written in disappearing ink.

Phone Home

October 21, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Did the Obama administration create a program to provide free cell phones to welfare recipients?

Unsweetened COLA

October 11, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Will Social Security recipients get no COLA increase in 2011 because Congress used the money to pay for an electronic medical records processing system for themselves?

Komen Get It

October 9, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Will cellular providers donate $1 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation every time a particular text message is sent?

Scam of the Day-Buffalo Bill Dam

September 27, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Photographs purportedly show bighorn sheep on the face of the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming.

Scam of the Day-A House Divided

September 1, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Was the Pentagon built with extra bathrooms to accommodate racial segregation laws?

Scam of the Day-Cut to the Encore

August 13, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Did Aerosmith once decide to play their set list in reverse, then opened with their encore and walked off the stage?

F1 Key Virus

July 6, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Can a form of malware be activated by prompting Internet Explorer users to press the F1 key?

Cattle Guards

June 17, 2010 by snopes@snopes.com  
Filed under Consumer/Scams

Political humor: A U.S. president ordered the firing of half the cattle guards in Colorado.

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