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The saying “What You Look At Isn’t Always What You See” is oh so true when it comes to emails and online articles.

Today one of my favourite daily reads, Attuworld, posted a story about a couple who bought a house and some land that had an old barn on it. The story goes that no one had looked in the barn for years and the new owners discovered $35 million worth of classic cars inside (pictured).

A nice story but a little far fetched was my first thought and a quick Google search revealed the story was indeed a hoax. The photographs were real, the accompanying story was just an internet myth that has grown over time with repetition.

The past month has seen a few internet hoaxes gaining momentum and exposure. Take the viral videos of the guy going nuts in a Russian office - fake. Or how about the clips of mobile phones cooking popcorn - fake.

If you ever see a story that doesn’t look quite right or is so over the top it becomes unbelievable then it probably is and a quick online search will usually turn up the truth. Snopes is a great site for quashing email and article myths and hoaxes.