Most hoax e-mail is blatantly phony (got any from the son of a retired general in Zimbabwe lately?), but some messages are harder to spot. HoaxBusters' running tally of dire warnings (and other late-breaking, full-of-hot-air bulletins) also makes a great reply to correspondents who forward e-mail you can't believe they took seriously: Respond with a link to this site. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Anne Cohen decided to collect the stack of bumph to show how companies are bombarding homeowners. picked by muppet 8 months ago

Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills and using electronic mail from home. picked by Turtle 10 months ago

Florida Congressman Mark Foley sponsored legislation to protect children from internet predators. I'll give you three guesses as to what he got busted for. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

minister with mail order credentials who faces drug charges for distributing marijuana through his Hollywood church argued unsuccessfully Tuesday that federal law protects his use of the drug because he believes it is a religious sacrament. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

Check this out, it will completely shock you on how dumb these fundamental pro-lifers are picked by RobertS22 2 years ago

Very handy. Address remains good for 15 minutes. I know there's another one like this but couldn't find it.

By the way, a really nice "email" solutions is an RSS email address from Newsgator. Newsletter etc. find a perfect place there picked by henkspaan 1 year ago

From click send to landing in the recipient's inbox it takes on average 2 minutes and 12 seconds*. Find out what happens to that email here on it's journey.

*Not really, but that's how long it takes in the video - weaving a contiguous tapestry of deceit here. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

Barack Obama travels a lot, but many babies live in places he hasn’t been. That’s why he’s now accepting babies by mail. Send him your baby, and he’ll kiss it and send it back to you. picked by WeeBeastie 2 months ago

Well, if you live in Houston, the reason is because the Mail Carrier is stealing them. picked by icepigs 1 year ago

A mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours after dogs attacked her tires, flattening three of them. picked by cb__ 6 months ago

These online spoofs and shams have made the rounds on Web sites and through e-mail. Perhaps you even believed one or two of them yourself.Whether they take the form of a comic image of a giant cat or a desperate plea from a sick child, chain e-mail messages and Internet frauds are elements of the online landscape that we've all encountered. No topic is off limits: a medical warning, a promise of f... read full post picked by neilharvey 1 year ago

Federal authorities say a suspect's own handwriting leads to his capture. picked by nesbyniccolo 1 year ago

Following on from Autumn's post about Lakshmi born with vestigial remnants of a conjoined twin (or born as the reincarnation of a god, depending on your point of view), she has had the surgery now, and after a team of 30 doctors operated for 24 hours, she is doing fine.

NB, the Daily Mail have updated the article Autumn linked to to reflect this. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Forced to use the phone, employee John Coyle learned that a co-worker who he thought was across the country was, in fact, across the hall. picked by suebe 1 year ago

The CIA will declassify hundreds of pages of long-secret records detailing some of the intelligence agency's worst illegal abuses including accounts of break-ins and theft, the agency's opening of private mail, drug tests on citizens and more. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Mike is a "scambaiter," dedicated to fighting back against those who send out the notorious 419 e-mails, promising untold wealth to anyone gullible or naive enough to disclose their bank details. picked by super 1 year ago

Alec is real drunk and is prob real pissed this got out. picked by gebsta 1 year ago

A U.S. soldier accidentally called his parents during a firefight in Afghanistan picked by arsphidius 4 months ago

A photographer who stopped on a whim to take some pictures at night might have chanced upon a real UFO. Cynics will dismiss the orange-tinged image showing what appears to be a flying saucer as some kind of technical wizardry to trick of the light. But experts are already saying it could really show a UFO in flight above the UK. Edit: The Daily Mail have pulled the original article so I've change... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago