This Week: A living "Gilligan's Island" star, that Plaid settlement email, and that rumor about "Lachlan Leary"

Plus: Microchip vaccine passports, a crypto scam network hosted by Meta, and 999 isn't an emergency number in the US ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [View in Your Browser]( ​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Jan. 22, 2021 This Week: A living "Gilligan's Island" star, that Plaid settlement email, and that rumor about "Lachlan Leary" Is a ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Still Alive and Over Age 100? This month, an online advertisement claimed that a “Gilligan’s Island” star was still alive at over 100 years old. It read: “‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Is Almost 103 & Lives Like This.” The ad leads to a 101-page slideshow article, and we clicked through all of it. Jordan Liles reports. [Read More]( [] [] Fact Checks and Original Reporting Is the Plaid Settlement Email a Scam or Legit? Readers began receiving a "notice of class action settlement" for a company named Plaid in early 2022. [Read Story.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Did a Milkman Father 800 Children? This old trope continues to be a source of rumors. [Read Story.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- No, the COVID-19 Vaccine Didn’t Kill ‘Lachlan Leary’ of Australia Australians have been subjected to a flood of COVID-related disinformation since the pandemic began. [Read Story.]( [] [View Latest Fact Checks]( News [Intel Building $20B Ohio Chip Facility Amid Global Shortage]( Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NCAA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Athletes]( The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents]( The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts. [Read More]( [] [View Latest News]( Can You Help Us Out? We rely on support from readers like you. [Support Now]( Editor's Picks Will an Implanted Microchip Replace Cards as Vaccine Passports? A Swedish company has created scannable digital implants that act as vaccine passports. [Read Story.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- We Infiltrated a Crypto Scam Network That’s Hosted by Meta After we notified the company of the scam, we spent the weekend watching live as users lost money in group conversations on Messenger. [Read Story.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- If You Live in the US, Don’t Call 999 in an Emergency A viral copypasta meme left out key context. [Read Story.]( [View Editor's Picks]( Manage Preferences Need to update your email address or how often you get Snopes in your inbox? You can do that by managing your email preferences [Manage Your Preferences]( Unsubscribe You can unsubscribe from all Snopes emails by clicking the link below. Please note, this includes from both paid and free newsletters. [Unsubscribe from Everything]( Snopes Media Group Inc. 864 Grand Ave #256 San Diego, CA 92109 © 1994 - 2022 by Snopes. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes. ‌