Top Web Hoaxes ranking
Sometimes it’s hard to tell what to believe when you read it on the web. The recent “Unknown Lifeform” in North Carolina? Turns out, not a hoax, but also not a monster. But all those rumors about Jeff Goldblum falling to his death in New Zealand? Well, those were a hoax, and a rather tasteless one at that.
The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks
1. The Accidental Tourist (2001)
2. Sick Kid Needs Your Help (1989)
3. Bill Gates Money Giveaway (1997)
4. Five-Cent E-Mail Tax (1999)
5. Nigerian 419 E-Mail Scam (2000)
full list via pcworld
Top 15 Web Hoaxes of All Time
1. The Montauk Monster (2008)
2. How to Charge an iPod with an Onion (2007)
3. The Derbyshire Fairy (2006)
4. Lonelygirl15 (2006)
5. GoogleTV (2007)
6. Bill Gates Wants to Give You Money (1997)
7. Giant Camel Spiders in Iraq (2004)
full list via bspcn
