Hoaxes by Decade
E-mail, Web sites, Photoshop. The digital era has made it easier than ever to pull a fast one on a large audience.
Pre-1990
1990-1999
- Microsoft Buys Catholic Church (1994)
- Alien Autopsy at Roswell (1995)
- eBay Sales (1995 and on)
- $250 Cookie Recipe (1996)
- Kidney Harvesting (1996)
- Bill Gates Money Giveaway (1997)
- Disney Jr. Free Vacation (1998)
- Lights-Out Gang Member Initiation (1998)
- Five-Cent E-Mail Tax (1999)
- Virus Hoaxes (1999 and on)
2000 and on
- Nigerian 419 E-Mail Scam (2000)
- Giant Cat Photo (2001)
- World Trade Center Photo (2001)
- Bert and Osama bin Laden (2001)
- Hurricane Lili Waterspouts (2002)
- Onion Dupes Chinese Newspaper (2002)
- Sunset Over Africa (2003)
- Rand's 1954 Home Computer (2004)
- Los Angeles Times Wiki (2005)
- User-Created Commercials for Chevy Tahoe (2006)
- Microsoft Buys Firefox (2006)
- GPS Cell Phone Tracking (2007)
- Hercules, the Enormous Dog (2007)
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