Hello again from snopes.com, where we shed light on the wild tales you've heard! This e-mail gives information about new articles recently added to the Urban Legends Reference Pages and provides pointers to older pieces about rumors and hoaxes still wandering into everyone's inboxes. Our last update mailing was 15 March 2008. If after this update you are left wondering about something newly arrived in your inbox, our search engine stands ready to assist you at Bookmark that URL -- it's a keeper! An RSS feed for our What's New page is available at And now, to the legends, the mayhem, and the misinformation! New Articles ------------ Mislabeled photograph shows Barack Obama posing with family members. About the "Day of Silence" protest scheduled for 25 April 2008. When should you expect to get your 2008 economic stimulus payment? E-mail offers money-saving tips for buying gasoline. Are they good ones? Video purportedly captures a 'creepy gnome' that has frightened residents of an Argentine town. Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing "the greatest nation in the history of the world"? Worth a Second Look Of all things Easter. Still Haunting the Inbox Various popular protest schemes for lowering the price of gasoline. E-mailed warning claims Glade PlugIns brand air fresheners are a major fire hazard. Political rumors continue to swell around the two leading Democratic presidential contenders, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Groom humiliates cheating bride by spreading proof of her infidelity to the wedding party, then walking out. Appeals to find missing children: Ashley Flores, Reachelle Marie Smith, and Evan Trembley. E-mail claims cell phone numbers are about to be given to telemarketers. Computer virus warnings: Life Is Beautiful, Invitation (or Olympic Torch), and Postcard (or Greeting Card). E-mail claims Starbucks refused to send free coffee to G.I.s serving in Iraq. E-mail claims Bill Gates, Microsoft and AOL are giving away cash and merchandise to those who forward an e-mail message. E-mail claims that entering one's PIN in reverse at any ATM will summon the police. E-mail describes woman who evades a rapist posing as a policeman by calling #77 (or *677) on her cell phone. Various rumors about the U.S. Social Security system. Image shows artist's conception of the USS New York, an warship built using steel from the World Trade Center. Warnings about scammers' running up long-distance charges by asking victims to press #-9-0 on their telephones or luring phone users into returning calls to numbers within the 809 area code. "Slow Dance," a poem supposedly written by a terminally ill young girl named Amy Bruce. E-mail claims the design of new U.S. dollar coins omits the motto "In God We Trust." E-mail warns that auto thieves are stealing cars by using VINs to obtain duplicate keys. Transcripts of remarks attributed to television personalities Andy Rooney and Jay Leno. FDA health advisory regarding drugs containing PPA Web site allocates money to autism research and other charities for every video viewed. Photograph shows a kayaker being trailed by a Great White shark. Fraud Afoot ----------- Seems like everyone has become the recipient of mysterious e-mails promising untold wealth if only one helps a wealthy foreigner quietly move millions of dollars out of his country. The venerable Nigerian scam has discovered the goldmine that is the Internet. Beware -- there's still no such thing as "something for nothing," and the contents of your bank account will end up with these wily foreigners if you fall in with this. 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