The Hoax and Phishing Page

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Welcome to the Hoax Page. If you're tired of getting this type of junk in your email, then help stop it. Don't help keep it going by spreading it further. BEFORE you send it out to all of your friends, please run the email subject through the websites below and see if it's real. The sites below will help you cut through the crap and get to the truth. Also, I've included sections on scams, phishing emails and how to reveiw all of those Infomercials you see on TV.

So the next time your best friend sends you:
>>>>OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE. We have rented an email tracker for the next 3 months! We at RH Power Inc. want to see how many people our email can reach in this time! If you forward this mail, you will be PAID MONEY! ! ! ! This email must be sent immediately upon receiving this for it to be counted.<<<<<<

You'll know that it's a fake and just delete it, rather than sending it to everyone in your address book and waiting for money that will never come.

IF you want to still forward an email you got "Just In Case" it's real, please read this (click here) before you forward the email to all of your friends.

If you'd rather really help, forward the email you got to the security department of the organization that is referenced. BE SURE to copy the email headers so they can trace where it came from. This will help the real organization track down who is sending out the fake emails.

How to use this page:
1- Pick a site or search engine below
2- Click the link and go to that site
3- On that site, find the "Search" box
4- In the "Search" box, enter in some unique text from the email you have received.
5- See if the site finds your text and tells you if it is a hoax or if it's the real thing.

Find out about Internet and virus hoaxes online at any of these reliable websites:

Phishing emails (emails trying to get you to "verify" your account by entering in all of your personal data - Welcome to Identity Theft 101). Please remember, no bank, credit union, brokerage, or other real financial entity (including eBay or PayPal) will EVER send you an email requesting you to log in and enter your personal information. They won't. If you fall for one of these fake emails and log in to the site in the email - you lose. Don't do it.
1 - http://www.antiphishing.org/
2 - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/phishingalrt.htm
3 - Google search on Phishing
4 - http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/scams/419.asp
5 - http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/scams/20040427a1.asp
6 - Google search on email scams

Other sites of general fraud and Infomercial interest:
1- http://www.quackwatch.org/ - Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions
2- http://www.consumeraffairs.com
3- http://www.ncahf.org/ National Council Against Health Fraud
4- http://www.epinions.com/ Read others opinions of many products
5- http://www.scam.com/ a bulletin board site for users to post opinions
6- http://www.ripoffreport.com/
7- http://www.infomercialscams.com/
8- http://g.webring.com/hub?ring=antiquackerysite - the AntiQuackery webring
9- http://t.webring.com/hub?ring=consumeralertswe the Consumer Alerts webring
10- http://m.webring.com/hub?ring=consumer the Consumer Information & Protection webring
11- http://www.infomercialratings.com/ Ratings of various infomercials
12- Think it doesn't hurt to forward junk email? http://www.breakthechain.org/fas.html