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http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/top-10-sites-to-debunk-internet-hoaxes/1719

Takeaway: When your users turn into Chicken Little over the latest hoax, scam, rumor, or urban legend, point them to the sites on this list to ease their minds (and preempt a rash of chain mail).

Top 10 sites to debunk Internet hoaxes | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

U-M Virus Busters: Hoaxes, Hooey, and Hogwash

http://virusbusters.itcs.umich.edu/hoaxes.html

Let the U-M Virus Busters put you in the know!

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Facebook is a hoaxster's dream come true because naïve Internet users seem to be particularly susceptible to hoaxes. Most of these hoaxes are common ones that got their start years ago on AOL Instant Messenger, then spread to other IM sites.

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp

The Threat Explorer is a comprehensive resource for daily, accurate and up-to-date information on the latest threats, risks and vulnerabilities.

Threat Explorer - Spyware and Adware, Dialers, Hack tools, Hoaxes and other risks

Vmyths

A storyboard on the deck of a historic ship tells a tale that ends almost exactly like the pompous contrivance for the Gulf War printer virus hoax…

Latest Email Hoaxes - Current Internet Scams - Hoax-Slayer

Hoax-Slayer is dedicated to debunking email hoaxes, thwarting Internet scammers, combating spam, and educating web users about email and Internet security issues. Hoax-Slayer allows Internet users to check the veracity of common email hoaxes and aims to counteract criminal activity by publishing information about common types of Internet scams.

TruthOrFiction.com-Is that forwarded email Truth or Fiction? Research into stories, scams, hoaxes, myths, and urban legends on the Internet

Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses, often claiming to do impossible things.

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/hoaxes.aspx

Hoaxes - Email and virus hoax information

Stop junk e-mail and misinformation.

BreakTheChain.org - Stop Junk E-mail and Misinformation

Urban Legends

(UPDATED) Given that the alleged winning ticket in the photo above was purchased in California (lottery officials say the actual winning tickets, worth a total of $656 million, were sold in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois), and that some of the numbers on the ticket show telltale signs of tampering, none of the 80,000+ gullible Facebook users who've shared it so far should plan on striking it rich any time soon. No one knows exactly how or when April Fools' Day originated, but it may have had something to do with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the mid-1600s, which resulted in New Year's Day being switched from the last week in March to the first of January.