Urban Legends Universal motifs in folklore, or stories to good to be true. Urban legends are friend-of-a-friend stories (FOAFS) that are told to describe strange, but supposedly real events, when in-fact they are fictional due to word of mouth invention or distortion. There is usually a true element to the legend, but it becomes fictional as it is passed from one person to the next. Core elements in most urban legends remain the same, but details of the story can differ from one locale to the next. Source: http://www.csgr.us/terminology.html
Internet Hoaxes: A website or email that is intended to deceive or trick a computer user.