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Verifing some Internet hoax's & scams

Have you ever received an email from a friend telling you that this child is missing, you can get something free, or that something is cancer causing so please send this email to everyone you know. Of course you want to help out anyway possible but before you do so go to the hoax buster website and verify that the email is true. It only takes a minute and can save you some embarrassment.
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Categories: Hoax email fake scams con
Added: on Mar 05, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Added By: jbottar

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Not nearly as complete or easy to use as snopes.com?
– Added by ramsc on Mar 09, 2007 at 6:46 am
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