A pregnant man’s journal homepage. A website telling all about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. Information on how to create your genetically perfect baby…online. What do all of these websites have in common? I’ll give you one guess. They’re all scams. Many people fall for fake websites, and those of us who don’t think that they’re idiots for believing that the things that these websites advertise are real. But are they? Take a look at one of these fake websites (the links are helpfully posted below!). Pretty convincing stuff. False websites use many tricks to prey on innocent Googlers. Some, like the dihydrogen monoxide website, use big, confusing words so people don’t really understand what they’re reading. If it sounds scientific, it must be true though. Others, like the website where you can make your own genetically perfect baby, look professional (I mean, there IS a picture of Dr. Elizabeth Preatner), so people buy into them. Who wouldn’t want to make their child as healthy as possible? And some websites use people’s fascination with the strange and different. A pregnant MAN!? Whoah! There are so many real-looking fake websites out there, that it is hard to tell a lie from the truth. But be smart and trust your instincts. Don’t believe everything that you read and don’t trust a site just because it looks like it’s safe. Take some time to check it out and verify it first, or you, too, could become a follower of the pregnant man.
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