Hoax Forum

Myspace hoax UPDATED - Now with Indictments!

2007-11-19T09:41:34-08:00

According to the parents (who I saw on TV this morning), their daughter was duped into believing she was talking to a 16 yr old boy. After a short time, the “boy” changed his feelings about her and “he” along with several other myspacers started harassing the girl. It turns out, the “boy” was a family down the street who were trying to bait the girl into talking badly about their daughter. Apparently they had suspicions that the girl was already doing this.

Hopefully fixed link here.

**Update on Page 2, in post 24.**

Yes, I’ve tried Perfect Water from Quixtar / Amway

2008-03-27T09:17:26-08:00

I just read an entire forum on Perfect Water and only ONE person claimed to have actually drank the water. Does anybody else find this odd?
As an IBO allow me to give you my opinion: Oh wait… I don’t have one! Why is that? Because I’ve NEVER TRIED perfect water. (it’s not available until April)
How could I possibly give you an opinion on something I’ve never tried?

So, how about a forum for people who have actually tried Perfect Water and can offer their experiences.

IBO’s, this is not a place to advertise products!!!!! (personal experiences with perfect water only)

Skeptics, find an IBO, spend $1.99, (or talk them into a free sample) and give us your opinion.

If you drank perfect water and “were able to leap tall buildings in a single bound” then we want to hear from you.

If perfect water caused you to puke and go to the emergency room, then we want to hear from you.

If you couldn’t tell the difference between perfect water and tap water, then we want to hear from you.

If you have never tried perfect water, but would like to speculate on what you think may or may not be true concerning this product, then start another forum called:
Opinions and rhetoric but no real personal experience to draw from.

I think that’s fair

One other thing: This is not a forum to talk about how Quixtar or Amway has changed your life and made you a better person. On that same token nor is it a forum to talk about your bad experiences with either business. This is to discuss one product: Perfect Water

Thank you for your cooperation!

“Meatwater” - the flesh flavoured refreshment for a new generation.

2008-05-15T02:01:16-08:00

From the Daily Telegraph:

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Meatwater: Is cheeseburger juice a big hoax?

How would you like a refreshing glass of Beef Stroganoff water? Or maybe some Peking Duck juice? Or a swig of fish and chips? Meatwater, a new line of flesh-flavoured bottled waters, has been “launched” on the internet, sparking debate among bloggers about whether it is a daring attempt to cash in on the rising popularity of enhanced health drinks, or an elaborate hoax. The drinks are being marketed as “High Efficiency Survival Beverages”, made of “only the finest protein – an organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen”.

The Meatwater website contains photos and descriptions of the all the flavours on offer - including the latest, Escargots Chantecleer – complete with branded bottles featuring the firm’s distinctive logo. Describing the taste of the Beef Jerky drink, it says: “The salty, savory flavor of this vitamin and mineral packed concoction will make you think we collected all that sweet, meaty juice just for you.”

Photos of Meatwater’s “launch” at a festival in Cannes, France in March are also included, along with plans to roll-out the brand to the rest of the world later this year. But British consumers hoping to cool themselves with a glass of Wiener Schnitzel water this summer may be disappointed. Bloggers have pointed out several anomalies on the website which suggest that Meatwater may be too absurd an idea to be true.

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And here’s a link to the Meatwater site itself.

(But does it come in ‘human’? )

Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques, NAET. Expensive quackery or miracle treatment?

2007-11-16T19:25:20-08:00

In order to allow for a more in depth look at NAET, and to take the discussion away from the Hoax Forum thread on LifeWave Patches, I’ve taken the liberty of starting this thread.

Hope some folks will follow over from the LifeWave thread.

Cheers,
Dave

“Boy spent $30000 playing Xbox with prostitutes”. Not.

2008-05-15T02:18:31-08:00

The following story ran in Money.co.uk on last Friday:

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13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers

A 13 year old boy from Texas is convicted of fraud after using his Father’s credit cards to hire escorts. A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad’s credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father’s existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing “Halo” on an Xbox with a couple of hookers in a Texas motel. The credit card company involved said it was regular practice to send extra credit cards out as long as all security questions are answered.

The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.

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Great story, only World Net Daily says it’s not true:

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Boy spent $30,000 on hookers with dad’s credit card?

Story claims 13-year-old stole from father to play Xbox with call girls. A 13-year-old Newark, Texas, boy convicted of fraud for hiring two hookers and racking up $30,000 in charges on his father’s credit card? According to an online Money website published in the UK, Ralph Hardy paid prostitutes to spend the evening playing Xbox video games with him and his friends in a Texas motel. But there’s one problem. The British report is just a silly online rumor, Newark police told WND.

Spokeswoman Amy Cromer laughed and said, “As far as we know, this story is a hoax. There have not been any arrests here, and we’re not aware of any convictions like that in this county.”

Cromer said word gets around in a town with a population of only 1,100 people. The rumor is spreading so quickly that she said the county decided to feature the story on its blog.

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You’d think any journalist would - oh, I don’t know - check their facts or something?

Jill Price: The Woman Who Can’t Forget

2008-05-12T07:23:22-08:00

This is a story I’ve seen on TV and in the newspaper. It’s about a woman name Jill Price who claims to remember absolutely everyday of her life since she was fourteen. She came out with a book recently entitled “The Woman who Can’t Forget”, and has appeared on numerous news casts and talk shows.

My sister screams hoax, and I tend to believe her. 99% of the things she says are unverifiable, and the rest are things regular people would remember, or could guess. Here’s a link to a review of her book:

Unable to Forget

Quote the article:

“On Friday afternoon, October 19, 1979,” she writes, “I came home from school and had some soup because it was unusually cold that day.” Oprah, take note: Oct. 19, 1979, was, in fact, a Friday, and it was cloudy with a high of 67 in Los Angeles, well below normal.”

Okay, I don’t live in Los Angeles, but October tends to be a chilly month (in the Northern Hemisphere). If someone asked me what I was doing July 5, 1990, I could say, “It was pretty hot, so I had some ice cream.” And, by God, If you look it up, I’m probably right!

It seems she uses similar tactics and vague words that are usually associated with Psychics.

They also said that they checked her facts with her diary. That’s pretty dumb, in my opinion. What if she wrote the diary yesterday? What if she memorized her diary, like it was a play? It wouldn’t be that hard to do.

She could very well have an above average memory… but is she using that to scam her way onto talk shows and sell books? What do you think? Is the woman genuine?

The Roslyn Hoax

2008-05-01T09:02:41-08:00

No, not Rosslyn as in Rosslyn Chapel, but Roslyn as in Roslyn of Whitechapel. Roslyn D’Onston Stephenson.
The coincidence in the adopted name of Robert Donston Stephenson, Jack the Ripper suspect, and the chapel of Davinci Code fame seems to have spawned a copycat hoax. Call it the Donston Hoax if you want.
What is the “Donston Hoax”? Is it his candidacy as a Ripper suspect or is it something to do with the Davinci Code? Look at the similarities. The Ripper story shares a prostitute named Mary, a secret “Royal” child, and an artist with a code, its own “Rosslyn” with one S, and a BBC documentary in the early 70s. Is there some connection?

April Fool Day - Top Memorable Pranks and Hoaxes

2008-05-11T21:59:25-08:00

Mentioned here with Top 10 most memorable April Fool Day 2008 Pranks & Hoaxes.

1. Placed a pair of pants and shoes inside the only toilet stall in a men’s room to make it appear someone was using the stall. It sat there for hours until someone called security to check if the person had died.

2. Sent a fake love note to a co-worker from another co-worker.

3. All the women in office individually spoke to the president, confiding that she is pregnant. By noon, he ‘knew’ that all of his female workers were pregnant and he could not tell anyone because each asked for confidentially.

4. Called the electric company, used a co-worker’s name and told them he was moving so the electricity got turned off at the co-worker’s house.

5. Filled the vending soda machine with cans of beer.

6. Rigged the boss’ chair to drop suddenly during a staff meeting.

7. Placed a sign on the restroom door that read, “The company ran out of toilet tissue; please use your own resources.”

8. Paged a co-worker over the loud speaker claiming the CEO was looking for him. The worker went into the CEOs office and the CEO didn’t know who he was or why he was there.

9. Shrink-wrapped everything in a co-worker’s cubicle.

10. Put a ‘house for sale’ ad in the newspaper regarding a co-worker’s home

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com

Wheaton Experience - 1992 or not?

2008-04-30T19:43:33-08:00

This is a fun one. On You Tube under the key word of Wheaton Experience there video of some college students being interviewed that claims to be from 1992, the camera man verbally lists the date. In 1992 could you just lug around a video camera and were they accessible? What about the blonde girl, is that a wig (an interesting re-creation of 1992 hair styles?). Just food for thought.

Newark’s “Holy Stones” Hoax.

2008-05-06T03:52:56-08:00

The Newark Advocate has an article up about a hoax dating back to the American civil war:

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Hoax thrust [Newark] area into slavery debate
In 1860, and with the prospect of the break-up of the Union looming, several prominent Newarkians conspired to manufacture artifacts, known as Newark’s Holy Stones, to support a popular anti-slavery argument. The original artefacts are now housed at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in near-by Coshocton, where they attracted the attention of Ohio Historical Society archaeologist, Brad Lepper, and history enthusiast, Jeff Gill.

At the time of the hoax, there were two competing theories for the origin of races, monogenesis (all humans descend from Adam and Eve) and polygenesis (the ‘lesser’ races are separate creations), of which the latter was the most popular, supporting as it did the practices of slavery and racial discrimination then prevalent. Then, in 1860, into the scientific arena stepped county surveyor, David Wyrick, with the first Holy Stone, the Keystone.

Wyrick thought that the builders of the Newark Earthworks must be a lost tribe of Israel, and the keystone supported this idea, but problems with the stone were immediately apparent. For one, it was supposedly found far to close to the surface for the claimed age of item, and had been inscribed in modern - rather than ancient - Hebrew. So it was a relief for the Monogenesists when another stone, the Decalogue stone, which shared none of these flaws, was found just five months later, also by Wyrick. When they were later exposed as fakes, blame was put squarely on the head of David Wyrick, who was by then dead, by Newark Mayor Israel Dille. However Gill and Lepper believe Dille was himself involved, along with a local stonecutter called Sutton.

“[The conspirators] were frustrated by the lack of scientific evidence to support that blacks and Indians were human beings,” Gill said, “They did it for the right reasons, but I deplore their methods.”

When the civil war started in 1861, the stones became pointless curios, and were eventually sold to a Coshocton collector.

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