デマメール

noun

email spreading rumors; false information email

Refers to chain emails or messages that spread unverified rumors, hoaxes, or false stories, often with a sensational or alarming tone. Common in the context of internet hoaxes and misinformation.

• チェーンメールでデマメールが回まわってきた。

  A rumor-spreading email came around as a chain mail.

• その話はなしはデマメールだとすぐにわかった。

  I quickly realized that story was a hoax email.