People who don't get the concept of 'message board'

[snopes]

Comment: When I googled "Japanese Negotiators" + snopes I got a web page
with the same name as yours but a different format -- Q&A more or less or
discussion. I don't know the correct technical term. Is it a part of your
site or have I been "phished"?

If so, what should I do?

[Photo Bob]

Originally Posted by snopes

Is it a part of your
site or have I been "phished"?

If so, what should I do?

You need to take immediate action! Rush the following to us so we can take necessary steps to secure your identity:

1) Full name

2) Date of birth

3) Social Security Number

4) Current address

5) Banking information including Routing Number and Account Number for each of your accounts.

6) Credit card information including account number, expiration date and "Security Code" (this three digit code can be found on the back of your card).

Send all of the above to photobob@gonephishing.com.

Photo "I hope that's not a real domain name" Bob

[Nick Theodorakis]

Originally Posted by Photo Bob

...
Photo "I hope that's not a real domain name" Bob

Registered, but not active.

Nick

[snopes]

Comment: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?p=1289948

This site seems to be imitating yours to spread falsehoods when we, the
public, search to fact check with snopes.

[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Hi All:

Originally Posted by snopes

This site seems to be imitating yours to spread falsehoods when we, the public, search to fact check with snopes.

Are you accusing me of spreading falsehoods, sir? If so, you have sullied my honour, sir, and I have no choice but to challenge you to duel.

As the aggrieved party, I believe that I have the choice of weapons - mackerels at two paces.

So, sir, prepare yourself for a wet mackerel thrashing unlike any you have ever received in your life. That will teach you to besmirch my honour, sir.

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "fasted fish in the West" ab Arthur

[DawnStorm]

Originally Posted by Troodon

I wonder: when you get e-mails like this, do you actually reply to them?

Maybe, once they stop laughing, wipe the tears from their eyes, and catch their breath.
Snopes and Barbara, I take it you do not read e-mails while you're eating?

[lord_feldon]

Cool! I'm spreading falsehoods!

[snopes]

Comment: This link was sent to me and i tried looking the story up on your
site.. I could not get a match.. Is this yours cover story?

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=63683

[Chloe]

Originally Posted by lord_feldon

Cool! I'm spreading falsehoods!

No fair! *I* wanna spread falsehoods. You *always* get to spread the falsehoods! *pouts*

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Chloe, you can spread lies if you like. Then all bases are covered.

Seaboe

[snopes]

Comment: Hello,

I "googled" snopes. The first link brings up snopes.com but if one hits
the "Search" key, computer links to a site I've never seen before. And,
it does not start with snopes.com . It begins with
message.snopes.com/search.php

Frankly, it does not look like Snopes, nor do I trust it. You may wish to
check yourselves.

[snopes]

Comment: While checking Snopes for old material on ShoreBank, I got
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=63179. Some friends try to
imply that means Snopes has checked these out but that seems unlikely.
What should I infer, if anything, from the seeming misuse of your site?

[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Hi All:

Originally Posted by snopes

What should I infer, if anything, from the seeming misuse of your site?

SEEMING MISUSE? SEEMING MISUSE?

I'll have you know, sir, that there is no "seeming" to it. For your information, I've been misusing this website for nearly five years now.

For your inference, you, sir, shall be hearing from my lawyer.

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "Suey" ab Arthur

[snopes]

Comment: Thanks for what you two do. Amazing. HOWEVER...

You have company! When someone looks up a subject, adding Snopes at the
end to get your view...THIS SHOWS UP FIRST from the url:
message.snopes.com/ etc. It sure doesn't look like it came from you.

Any recourse???? (You web name gets bandied about enough as it is...)

[snopes]

Comment: i think I just previous to this got directed to a fake snopes,
which demanded several times by username and password. I did not recall
having to use a pw to go on the site or find out if something a friend had
sent to me was true. I used a common pw of mine, and it kept denying my
pw, then my username. finally I ran a google search for Snopes, not the
item title sent by my friend. And I got to this site. So IS THERE A
MALICIOUS OR OTHERWISE DANGEROUSE FAKE SNOPES SITE THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
WARY OF AND WHAT DO I DO NEXT IF ANSWER IS YES?

[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Hi All:

Originally Posted by snopes

So IS THERE A MALICIOUS OR OTHERWISE DANGEROUSE FAKE SNOPES SITE THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARY OF AND WHAT DO I DO NEXT IF ANSWER IS YES?

Fake? Fake? I assure you, sir, that we are not fake! Otherwise dangerous, yes. But definitely not fake.

What should you do next? Sign up for the ULMB and join the fun, of course

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "Malicious delicious" ab Arthur

[snopes]

Comment: This morning I was doing some backgrounding on the Breitbart -
Sherrod affair. I Googled "Pigford vs Glickman" and their third entry was
"Pigford vs. Glickman - snopes.com".

When I went to that page, I found a display of American flags and text
which began "Andrew Breitbart is a media genius."

A bit unusual for you folks, to say the least.

I closed that page and went to your website, Snopes.com, and again did a
search for "Pigford vs. Glickman".

I received your standard negative response: "Sorry, no matches were found
containing Pigford vs Glickman."

To my way of thinking this seems to be "credentialed fraud" and clearly
was something you should know about.

[snopes]

Comment:
What is going on with this site? I entered a search for
Pigford v. Glickman, which connected me to one of your usual pages, which
had a story related to the subject. However, when I clicked on it for more
detail, it sent me to a page filled
with stupid pumpkins! When I went back to the home page to search again, I
was told there was no match for Pigford v.
Glickman! Also nothing for Shirley Sherrod! Is there some sort of cover-up
going on?

[AnglRdr]

Originally Posted by snopes

Is there some sort of cover-up
going on?

Let's go with "yes" on that.

[snopes]

Comment: What exactly is this website? Does it have anything to do with
you? Is it true or false?

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=56900