Websites to check for scams, hoaxes, frauds, urban legends: Snopes, Scambusters. Any others ?
What are the websites you use to verify the claims on such emails ?
I use Snopes and Scambusters. Are there other good ones ?
Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/
Scambusters
http://www.scambusters.org/
Thanks.
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M$But, how about this additional site, wy: Mahalo!!! I've seen - and addressed - several hoax and hoax-like questions here. Most recent example: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/coupons-deals/the-dorito-free-online-coupons-say-coupon-may-not-be-assigned-transferred-or-reproduced-do-grocery-stores-take-these-coupons
(Whoa, I even received rev share on it!)
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If you addressed some hoaxes, it doesn't mean Mahalo is a place to check for hoaxes
@doubleminaz
Congratulations for getting some good revenues for a hoax-busting answer.
I believe this is something good and of value to netizens.
Maybe Mahalo can be a hoax-busting website in the future.
Probably you can tag it as hoax, fraud, urbanlegend etc..
The tag may become a "sub-section" as a hoax-buster. I wonder whether there is a suitable category.
haha, you may even have a brand as a great hoax-buster :-)
"Mahalo is even more open and convenient than Snopes/etc. " Perhaps, but I see they have a forum too where people discuss only about hoaxes, scams etc
Yes, Mahalo is a place where people can ask about hoaxes and may get the information needed. But they may not. Mahalo is an Answers site, it doesn't investigate hoaxes.
Why not, mielu?
Mahalo is even more open and convenient than Snopes/etc. I get an e-mail that I think is bogus, I can post an open question here and a bunch of other can investigate and set out findings/facts/opinions/etc.
Anon did exactly that with the Doritos question, and I provided him/her/others with the results of my research! I think Mahalo could be a powerful, go-to source for people wanting to check on possible hoaxes/scams/etc.
Your reaction mystifies me.
I almost hope there aren't any more of these sites.
It would be best if everyone gave their traffic to snopes.
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Thanks, mielu. That looks like an interesting site, and I signed up for the newsletter.
another health-related resource:
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/rogue-pharmacies.asp
Great info..Thanks.
From the Quackwatch website, I saw some good links to useful resources.
Besides the Pharmacychecker mentioned by @balinesecat, I saw:
http://www.healthgrades.com/
It has ratings on doctor, dentist, hospital, nursing home, drug.
It has a medical cost report too.
http://www.consumerlab.com/
It claims to identify best quality health and nutritional products through independent testing.
OK, I hope these sites are useful
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/ (a blog about astronomy, updated daily)
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ (blog about health issues, updated almost daily)
http://www.skepticwiki.org/ (good database in wiki style)
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/ (the main page is rarely updated but it has an active forum and a cool name)
http://www.whatstheharm.net/ (the name says it all; categorized)
http://www.straightdope.com/ (fighting ignorance since 1973, active forum)