Abel Raises Cain

www.abelraisescain.com

Fox News Wednesday, April 19, 2006

"$365M Powerball Winner to Come Forward Wednesday"

                                                                    Associated  Press

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185611,00.html 

Below Find Hoax Resource Websites

You might consider adding this page to your list of "Favorites"

and then use the links below to check the validity of those e-mails

we all get, asking us to blindly pass them on "to everyone we know."

Although they usually look impressive, you will be surprised to learn

how many of those e-mails contain information and quotes that are

somewhere between "not totally correct" and  "totally incorrect."

Exposing Hoaxes & Urban Legends

Because they are a leader when it comes to shedding light on

various schemes and scams, a visit to the snopes.com website is a must.

 http://snopes.com

You can use the snoops.com search engine below

http://www.snopes.com/info/search/search.asp

 Museum of Hoaxes

Another website that is a "Must Visit" for anyone interested in hoaxes...

Museum of Hoaxes.  This resource is used by serious researchers.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com

Hoax & Prank Information

In addition to general information, wikipedia.org

has quite a bit of information on Hoaxes and Pranks.

Use their search box to search.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

Wikipedia List of Pranksters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pranksters

"Pranks and hoaxes and delusions and frauds...

...remind us that we are easily fooled and that we aren’t

nearly as smart as we sometimes think we are."

http://www.sniggle.net

Truth or Fiction - A Useful Resource

Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings,

humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests

and calls to action, to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION!

http://www.truthorfiction.com/

A Resource From about.com

This is another guide to Urban Legends and Folklore

http://urbanlegends.about.com/

Scambusters

Helps You Protect Yourself From Clever Scams -- Online and Offline...

http://www.scambusters.org/

April Fools R Us

April Fools R Us is yet another useful resource

http://www.april-fools.us/top-pranksters.htm

Hoax Busters

A list of Internet Hoaxes

http://hoaxbusters.org/

Hoax Slayer Newsletter

Informational newsletter containing

information on Email Hoaxes and Internet Scams

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

Ripp-Off Report

Have you been the victim of a consumer rip-off?

http://www.ripoffreport.com/

Get The Straight Dope

"Fighting ignorance since 1973"

http://www.straightdope.com/

James Randi

An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds,

and Hoaxes of the Occult and supernatural

http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/

Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes

Hoaxes perpetuated in the name of science come in various flavors.

There is the April's fool joke or urban legend in which someone

tells a funny tale about alligators living in sewers. On the other hand,

a more serious hoax can destroy an entire line of scholarship

or provide an ineffective medical "cure" until the deceit comes to light.

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/hoax.html

Hoaxes Over the Years

An article from the San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/29/ING5TCTIKI46.DTL

A couple clever Internet websites

The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference

http://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm

Affordable In-Home LASIK Surgery You Can Do Yourself!™

 http://www.lasikathome.com 

Auto dealer offers optional add-on feature for emergencies.

It's called: "The Trunk Monkey."

This one is listed because it's just plain funny. *(Allow time to load)

http://www.trunkmonkeyad.com/

The Onion

"America's Finest News Source"

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

 The Spoof

"Satire and parody newspapers on the Internet"

http://www.thespoof.com/

The FARK News

http://www.fark.com/

Medicine Shows

While the old Medicine Shows fall loosely into the "Hoax" category,

they were actually more of a "Con." Regardless, Medicine Shows

do fit very well into the IAPH "Interesting Links" category. You need

"Real Player" or "Quick Time Player" to view this streaming video.

                                                               Ron Dentinger, IAPH

http://www.folkstreams.net/film,68  

Pyramid Schemes

As with "Medicine Shows" (above) Multi-level Marketing Schemes,

aka: Pyramid Schemes, are more of a con than a hoax or a prank,

but they do fit very well into the IAPH "Interesting Links" category

because, ironically, it is not just the customer that is being conned. 

People at nearly every level of the pyramid are also being conned.

"Going Great White" is a very funny independent film in the style of

"Best In Show." It is a mock-umentary of the MLM Pyramid concept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rASERt_wqPg

If you ever wonder, "How Do They Do That?"

Ever get an e-mail that involves a Mind Reading trick of some kind,

and you don't have a clue how it's done?  

"Puzzle Help" at puzzles.com may be able to help you find out.

http://www.puzzles.com/

...and if you're just plain bored.

http://www.bored.com/

(Watch for additional links)