We are used to being able to easily tell the difference between truth and fiction, but in the early years of a new medium, these boundaries are sites for negotiation. Hoaxes and scams play with these boundaries and range from aesthetic or satiric to criminal. The following will focus on aesthetic and playful hoaxes on the Internet. An infamous hoax from the early years of radio was Orson Welles's Halloween 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds , which had thousands of panicked listeners believing that Martians had invaded Earth. Welles had his actors break into a radio concert for supposed “live news” of the attacks. On the Internet, where we are accustomed to using e-mail and websites for information, we can be similarly gullible. E-mail is a well-established channel for both scams and hoaxes, some of which can be seen as contemporary folklore ( Kibby 2005 ). Hoax websites mimic authentic sites to engage or fool readers. Malepregnancy.com uses the interface layout of a typical hospital…