Web Hoaxes and Pranks
Posted by: Denelle
We've all seen them in our inboxes, pleas from a sick child to forward their email to everyone you know so that Bill Gates will grant their dying wish, stories of cookie recepies the sender was charged $250 for and now out of revenge they're passing the secret on to the free world, or of viruses hidden on your computer that have the potential to melt your hard-drive and infect everyone in your address book if you don't delete them immediately.
Not surprisingly, most of the urgent forwards we receive are nothing more than elaborate (or just plain stupid) hoaxes.
Now you can check out a list of the Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks.
My favorites are 17 and 21. I'd love to see the reaction of the Pope when he heard that Microsoft was trying to buy the Catholic Church.
We've all seen them in our inboxes, pleas from a sick child to forward their email to everyone you know so that Bill Gates will grant their dying wish, stories of cookie recepies the sender was charged $250 for and now out of revenge they're passing the secret on to the free world, or of viruses hidden on your computer that have the potential to melt your hard-drive and infect everyone in your address book if you don't delete them immediately.
Not surprisingly, most of the urgent forwards we receive are nothing more than elaborate (or just plain stupid) hoaxes.
Now you can check out a list of the Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks.
My favorites are 17 and 21. I'd love to see the reaction of the Pope when he heard that Microsoft was trying to buy the Catholic Church.
