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**Top 15 Internet Deceptions:**
1. **Catfishing**: Sophisticated online identity theft for romantic manipulation
2. **Redheads Face Extinction**: False reports claiming redheads will die out (debunked by genetics)
3. **Kentucky Fried Compact Disc**: Fake KFC meal deal with a free Ciara CD (amateurish marketing hoax)
4. **Internet Wins Taylor Swift Concert for Deaf School**: Prank contest win leading to Swift's charitable response
5. **Syrian Hero Boy**: Staged video of a Syrian boy surviving gunfire to raise awareness (misinterpreted as authentic)
6. **iFallacies**: Apple product hoaxes (e.g., charging iPod with onion and Gatorade, waterproof iPhones)
7. **France’s Post-6 p.m. Work Ban**: Misreported "law" restricting work hours (actually a minority industry agreement)
8. **lonelygirl15**: Scripted video series pretending to be a teenager's vlog (fooled many viewers)
9. **Kidney Thieves in New Orleans**: Urban legend about organ thieves targeting tourists (refuted by police)
10. **Doritos Ebola**: Fake outbreak at a Doritos factory (capitalizing on Ebola hysteria)
11. **Dead Celebrity Hoaxes**: Frequent false reports of minor celebrities' deaths
12. **One Millionth Visitor!**: Scam promising rewards for inserting bread into disc drives (early 2000s adware)
13. **Facebook to Charge Users**: Persistent, baseless rumors about Facebook's plans to charge users
14. **Richard Gere and the Gerbil**: Unsubstantiated urban legend about Richard Gere's hospitalization
15. **Mars Will Look as Big as the Moon**: Recurring hoax (since 2003) about a rare planetary alignment (debunked by astronomy)
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**1-15 Internet Deceptions**
1. **Mars Hoax**: Mars appeared closer to Earth on August 27th, 2003, than in 50,000 years, but was still 144 times farther away than the Moon.
2. **Richard Gere Gerbil Incident**: No evidence substantiates the claim of Richard Gere being hospitalized with a gerbil in his rectum.
3. **Facebook Charging Users**: Since 2009, recurring false claims have circulated that Facebook plans to charge users for basic services.
4. **One Millionth Visitor Scam**: Early 2000s adware spread through fake "one millionth viewer" rewards.
5. **Dead Celebrity Hoaxes**: Fake celebrity death rumors frequently spread on social media, often targeting lesser-known celebrities.
6. **Doritos Ebola Hoax**: In 2014, false rumors of an Ebola outbreak at a Doritos factory circulated on Twitter.
7. **Kidney Thieves in New Orleans**: In 1997, a baseless rumor spread about organ thieves targeting tourists in New Orleans.
8. **Lonelygirl15**: A 2006 video blog series, "lonelygirl15", was revealed to be a scripted show, not a genuine teenager's vlog.
9. **France's Post-6 p.m. Work Ban**: A 2014 article incorrectly stated that France had made it illegal to work or check work emails after 6 p.m.
10. **iFallacies**: Hoax memes and videos have deceived Apple product users with false information (e.g., charging an iPod with an onion and Gatorade).
11. **Syrian Hero Boy**: A 2014 video showing a Syrian boy surviving gunfire was revealed to be a scripted film.
12. **Internet Wins Taylor Swift Concert**: In 2012, a prank manipulated a contest, falsely awarding a Taylor Swift concert to a school for the deaf.
13. **Kentucky Fried Compact Disc**: A fake coupon in 2009 falsely offered a free Ciara CD with a KFC meal.
14. **Redheads Face Extinction**: Contrary to reports, redheads are not facing extinction due to the recessive nature of the gene causing red hair.
15. **Catfishing**: A growing trend of internet fraud involves creating false online identities to manipulate others into romantic relationships.