The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks

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 free money, or a believably (or shoddily) Photoshopped image. But at the end of the day, they're just elaborate hoaxes or clever pranks--and we've collected 25 of the most infamous ones ever to have graced the Internet or our inboxes.

Here are the top ten titles... see link for full description and 11-25

1. The Accidental Tourist - 2001
2. Sick Kid Needs Your Help - 1989
3. Bill Gates Money Giveaway - 1997
4. Five-Cent Email Tax - 1999
5. Nigerian 419 Email Scam - 2000
6. Kidney Harvesting Time - 1996
7. You've Got Virus - 1999 and on
8. Microsoft Buys Firefox - 2006
9. The Really Big Kitty - 2001
10. $250 Cookie Recipie -1996

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People have way too much time... shame on them.

Wow, I think I've only seen three of these.


What a sheltered life I must live.............

Well actually you forgot Eon8.