Truthorfiction.com is better.
Snopes is OK for identifying Internet scams and chain emails that are total bunk. Nothing else. Anything political, forget it. Look somewhere else. I used Snopes and Hoaxkill for a long time to find out if email virus warnings and chain emails were hoaxes, Hoaxkill is apparently no longer in existence. I found out several years ago about Snopes’ left leaning tendency, I ran across a link to something I already knew, Snopes said the opposite, in favor of liberals of course. I did a bit of poking around, found several more. Liberal nonsense, avoid it for anything political.
So, if if pertains to a chain email or similar, probably ok but nothing else.
As far as virus warnings go, I’ve seen tons of chain emails saying Microsoft, AOL, Compuserve and others had issued virus alerts. Those are not anti virus companies. Only the anti virus companies like McCaffe and Norton will send email virus warnings, and then only if you subscribe to their email list. Best thing to do is look on their websites, they will usually confirm or debunk virus hoaxes.
For the chain emails, there are some obvious signs.
A long list of previous forward addresses.
Lots of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!
Generally if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Lots of caps and making it sound like it’s the most important, dire, extremely critical thing you’ve ever heard...THE WORLD IS SURELY GONNA END NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...junk it.
Received from someone who has already forwarded 17 such junk emails. This one is probably also bunk.
I simply sent out an email to everyone on my list a long time ago telling them not to forward me every outrageous email they found, I don’t have time to read all the damn things. I later pared my long address list down to a dozen or so family and friends...Several people also stopped sending me anything at all after I sent CC: replies back to the entire list that an email they had sent all of us was garbage...I didn’t mind...
FWIW:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/snopes/
“Snopes.com is an excellent site that has become an authoritative source for information about urban legends and forwarded emails. We regard David and Barbara Mikkelson, the founders and operators of Snopes.com, as colleagues and professional researchers who have earned a good reputation for what they do.”