“Facebook to start charging money soon,” “With each person you forward this e-mail to Microsoft (Bill Gates) will send you money,” and “Lottery award notifications” are all examples of chain e-mails and Internet myths that have been around for years. Although most of these myths are distributed through e-mail, with the popularity of social networking websites, they’re also quickly spreading through these networks.
To help verify if an e-mail, a post on a social networking site, or something someone tells you, visit Snopes.com. This fantastic site list several hundred different urban legend, myths, and scams from everything from computers to love.
- See our scam definition for related pages and links to computer-related scams.
Similar sites to Snopes
Below are some additional sites similar to Snopes that help you not fall for myths on the Internet.
To prevent your co-workers, family, and friends from sending these types of messages to you in the future suggest they visit Snopes themselves before forwarding any message.
- Truthorfiction.com
Related information
- Internet tips
- How to know if a news story is fake news.
- See our chain mail and scam definitions for further information and related links.
