Sick to the stomach scared... AGAIN.

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This website has helped me before, but I've found something else, yet again...

Sick to the stomach scared... AGAIN.

Sofia (guest) 08 Mar 2011 01:17

Hi there, I'm Sofia and I'm thirteen years old. I've posted on this website I believed last year or two years ago under anonymous because I was a bit embarrassed, but now I don't really care. So, I was watching a random video on Youtube and I came across this website supporting a 2012 theory via a comment that was thumbed up. Not believing in 2012 anymore, I decided to click it anyway just to see what it would say since the comment had said "theory proven to be true!" or whatever. Here's the webiste: http://rumorcontrol.info/ All I saw was "…but a recent discovery by scientist Roger E. Anderson has proved the end is near, and made a Rumor Confirmed true…" and I freaked out already. I don't want to see the video, since I pretty much feel like I'm coming down with the flu or something, like literally that's how scared I am. Please, look at it, and just tell me what you think. I sure hope it isn't true, and I sure hope this website doesn't turn into a "THE END IS NEAR, IT IS PROVEN TRUE!" website, because this is the only resource I trust on this sort of subject, which has really become it's own subject recently. It's not just "doomsday" it's "2012: doomsday", but I supposed that happened with earlier theories. Now let me stop rambling and post this already… I'm just so nervous already. Please help.

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3WMElliott 08 Mar 2011 01:42

Scam site, ignore it. You can always run a search for Rumor Control on these forums to see the other three or so threads about it.

Sofia (guest) 08 Mar 2011 01:48

Kaaayy, I just wanted to make sure! I still get scared sometimes for some reason. Thanks~.

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TheGreatJuju 08 Mar 2011 02:01

Roger E. Anderson does not even appear to exist in the capacity claimed by that website. It is a pure, 100% scam.

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bikenbeer2000 08 Mar 2011 05:34

The basis for that site is to steal people's passwords and/or give them a virus. The video is neither new nor of their making - just some nonsense that has been knocking around on YouTube for a few years.
2012 is just used as bait to entice people into signing up and potentially falling victim to the scam. There's no new information or discovery there. Claims of doom in 2012 are entirely false and will remain so.

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Tomy2011 08 Mar 2011 15:37

Google "Roger E. Anderson" and see how many results you have about this guy as a scientist. Zero. There is no scientist with this name. Yeah, there is a guy called Roger E. Anderson, I think, but he is not a scientist.

snorks (guest) 08 Mar 2011 16:58

You may be coming down with the flu. When your body is ill, your mind has less to work with and is mostly focused on getting well. At those times, these awful things do seem real. Think of this site as a flashlight or torch that you shine in the shadows of your room. You find that the scary shadow was your pillow or something like that.

Bez (guest) 13 Mar 2011 00:27

Dont bother wasting time with this bullshit, there is no doomsday 2012 its only another date that is going to pass like all the years before. People always think the end is comming during their own lifetime, we are no more special than all the people before us. Enjoy your life and stop wasting time with rumors of world endings.

Tim (guest) 27 Mar 2011 10:48

Man i shouldnt have did like 1min research on this. When i saw the doomsday site although i couldnt watch the video due to the 'surveys', I waas like man from now on im going to live to the max and im gonna ask this girl out.

But now im like, oh its fake. . ill just ask her later.

James (guest) 02 Apr 2011 07:21

@ Tim - hahahhaa… that's the spirit!

I came upon the website from a top rated comment in a Kanye West / Katie Perry video - so of course I went to the site. Saw the french reporter which was a big scam alert from the get go. Scammers use that pretty face for just about everything, and when I clicked on the video I didn't even get a chance for a survey my browser (firefox) told me there was an error.

I say bring it on 2012, I aint scurred youuuuu… but for the rest of you, stay scared. ^..^

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Awesomeee 01 May 2011 03:29

Yeh lol i saw this youtube scam back in febuary

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Awesomeee 07 May 2011 01:04

Bump … can you guys tell me more and how to avoid scam sites like these and what they do thanks

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No man knows the day nor the hour when the world will end.

Become a debunker and help out those that are being fed up with lies spread by False scientists going after you'r money.
Practice what you want to and dont give up on you'r dreams my dream is to become a basketball player 'NBA'

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Alene Y 07 May 2011 04:56

See Bikenbeer's post above. A good way to avoid them is to stop searching for sensationalistic nonsense. You know that all the claimed doomsdays are bogus. Since there is no basis whatever to any of these claims, they will remain bogus. If anyone were ever to discover anything that was a threat to Earth, scientists would be all over it. No lone crackpot sitting at the computer in his mother's basement wearing his tinfoil hat is going to discover it while every scientist on the planet remains oblivious.

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ticktock 07 May 2011 05:09

Take Beerenbike (we all have different priorities) and Alene's posts to heart. One of the chief causes of anxiety disorder is the seemingly counter-intuitive and certainly self-destructive impulse to visit and re-visit the very thing which is causing the anxiety. In my case, it was the 9-11 videos broadcast with such glee by the networks following the attack. Over and over they played them, slo-mo, backwards… animated? I watched until I was literally sick. Shortly thereafter I was diagnosed with IBS and my doctor asked "Been under any stress?" I had to laugh, but his suggestion was simple… stop watching.

Twenty years ago a near Earth asteroid was cause for a minor celebration among astronomers and the press barely noticed. A visible comet was a major celebration. In 2011 with literally YEARS of "doom-tards" telling us how we are all gonna die, a comet, which might be the highlight of this Fall's sky is causing distress to young people? It's mind-boggling.

Alene said "stop looking". I will suggest the opposite. Confront it. Go join a local astronomy club. Get your butt behind a telescope and maybe you will catch the joy we feel watching the sky. A year from now, we will only have pictures and memories of the comet, but with luck, you will still be caught up in the excitement waiting for the next one.

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Alene Y 07 May 2011 05:49

Hey Tick,
I meant stop looking for crackpot sites. I trhink your suggestion is a great one. If Awesomee joined an astronomy club and got to see it for himself, along with other sane people, I think that would get him excited about comets and such, rather than fearing them.

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Tomy2011 07 May 2011 12:35

Awesomeee, if you are scared about everything you read in those sites, so you really need to stop looking for them. When you open the Internet, you must know what you're going to do (read emails, watch videos (the no-scam ones), read GOOD sites, play…).
Don't search for these sites.

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Gary A 07 May 2011 14:15

It's very very simple awesomeee, I'll tell you the same thing iv been telling you for months. I'll do it slowly and in block capitals to emphasise it a little.
STOP GOING TO SITES THAT ARE THERE TO SCARE YOU.

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snorks (guest) 07 May 2011 16:01

Sometimes the brain gets caught in an infinite loop, that needs to be broken. I have been that way at times. I think that coming here after going to those sites is one way of trying to return to being alright.

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Awesomeee 07 May 2011 15:03

In mid febuary i saw this and i guess i forgot about 2012 alot and forgot what a scam site was , i came to site in 2009 and completely knew this was all bunk but i guess when you forget about things it can get to you…

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No man knows the day nor the hour when the world will end.

Become a debunker and help out those that are being fed up with lies spread by False scientists going after you'r money.
Practice what you want to and dont give up on you'r dreams my dream is to become a basketball player 'NBA'

maryanne (guest) 07 May 2011 15:32

I just checked that site. I saw the same female face that you can come across at each and every scam site. That woman seems to know everything. When I tried to open the video I got a message that they needed to verify I was a human (what else could I be????) and therefore I was supposed to complete some kind of survey which was a sort of IQ test. Oh boy…no comment.

Lindsay88 07 May 2011 16:19

I would constantly check woo sites as well. And it did nothing but scare me more. Now, I just stick to this website, Facebook, icanhascheezburger (lol site) and other good sites. Now I'm not afraid..because I don't let myself look for things to scare me.STOP DOING IT!!!!

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maryanne (guest) 07 May 2011 16:41

The other thing I noticed on that silly website that eventhough the text is short is full of typos and grammar errors. English is not my first language, but honestly I can still easily spot those errors.

bikenbeer2000 07 May 2011 18:59

the text is short is full of typos and grammar errors

Yes, that's one good way of spotting the scam/hoax sites. They show themselves up as unintelligent, which goes hand-in-hand with doomsday beliefs or thinking they can get away with fooling others. Would NASA or any other respected site mangle the language like this:

You may want to read the Preperation guide the highly esteemed sit has released.

It reminds me of those phishing e-mails, where they try to get you to give away your personal details. They go to a lot of trouble to set up a fake bank website with correct logos and fonts but give themselves away by their inability to write a sentence in proper English.

Rita Sue 07 May 2011 22:55

Looks like they left the 'e' off of 'site'! … But I'm thinking that there's supposed to be an 'h' in there instead. ;)

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bikenbeer2000 07 May 2011 23:33

'Preperation' should be 'preparation' and 'highly esteemed' is something that an Asian English speaker would use but looks out of place in British or American English language journalism.

bikenbeer2000 08 May 2011 21:27

I just checked that site. I saw the same female face that you can come across at each and every scam site.

Yes, there seem to be a number of variations on the same scam, namely creating a phoney 'independent consumer investigation' site and concluding that whatever they are investigating is well worth their readers' attention.

I found another of these sites where the same female face is 'Stacie Sandler', as opposed to 'Julia Miller'. Stacie has personally investigated acai berry weight loss claims and lost 25 lbs in 4 weeks. Complete bunk of course. Readers are then told what a great product this is and are given directions how to buy it. However, a proper investigation into the acai berry slimming scam will reveal that the only thing to have lost weight has been the credit card accounts of the victims.