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Dialling 999 Will NOT Recharge Your Phone Battery
According to an urban myth that has circulated in the UK for several years, dialling 999 on your mobile phone then immediately hanging up will instantly recharge your phone battery. Of course, the claim is utter nonsense.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 16, 2013
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Beware Escaped Satire
Satire has its place. Good satire can hold up a mirror to our society and culture and perhaps get us thinking more deeply about important issues of the day. And it can be amusing as well.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 12, 2013
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‘Special Education Week’ and ‘Autism and ADHD Awareness Month’ Messages
Any credible information about an officially designated, national US-based “Special Education Week” is difficult to locate. And the messages circulate continually but contain no information about what particular week or month of the year the events described…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 11, 2013
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Dave and Angela Dawes Advance Fee Lottery Scams
The email is not from Dave and Angela Dawes and you are not going to receive any money. The message is a scam designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to Internet criminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 30, 2013
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Bogus Warning – ‘Russian Booksellers Looking For Children’
The child abduction and human trafficking claims are unfounded and have been dismissed as false by police in various US jurisdictions.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 30, 2013
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Hoax – ‘Lawful Interception Recovery Fee’ on AT&T Bill
The message is a hoax and the image of the bill has been digitally manipulated. There are anomalies in the way the fee items are listed that indicate that the image is fake (see below for details).
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 14, 2013
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Phishing Scam – ‘Account Reported for Annoying and Insulting Facebook Users’
The message is not from Facebook. It is a revamped version of earlier phishing scams that have targeted Facebook users for several years.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 12, 2013
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Vladimir Putin’s Supposed Speech to the Duma on Minorities and Sharia Law
Image: © depositphotos.com/Potorochin
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 8, 2013
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Bogus Facebook Message Warns Cutest Baby Comp Images Being Misused
The claims in the warning are untrue. BabyVote.com is a legitimate website and entry photographs submitted on the site are not being posted elsewhere as claimed.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 7, 2013
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Gas Saving Tips – Are They Really Saving You Anything?
This story was written by David M. White
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 15, 2013
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China Food Imports – Is It Really That Simple?
Written by David M. White
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 12, 2013
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Hoax – Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Papacy to Convert to Islam
The claims in the message are nonsense. The message is derived from a story first published in February 2013 on satirical news site “Dead Seriousness”. All of the stories published on the site are entirely fictional.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 8, 2013
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South African ‘Mighty Men’ Conferences Racial Integration Hoax
The claims in the message are false. No such bill has been proposed. The story is a satirical piece that gained popularity after it was published via the user-generated section of the News24 website in November 2011.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 2, 2013
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Dubai Sewage System – Poop Truck Video
It is true that back in 2009 when the video footage was published, Dubai’s existing sewage system was not coping and many buildings were not yet connected to the municipal sewage system.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 5, 2013
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Lottery Scammers Exploit Names of Real Lottery Winners Violet and Allen Large
The message is an advance fee scam designed to trick recipients into sending money and personal information to cybercriminals. Violet and Allen Large really did win a large lottery prize in 2010 and proceeded to give almost all of their winnings away to…
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 22, 2013
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Madeleine McCann New Zealand Lookalike Facebook Post
Reports that a girl in New Zealand might be Madeleine McCann were investigated by police and DNA testing was indeed carried out. However, results of the testing revealed that the New Zealand girl is NOT Madeleine.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 16, 2013
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Misleading and Inaccurate Diatribe – ‘Toning Down’ Anzac Day 2015
The claims in the message are misleading and inaccurate. A Department of Veterans’ Affairs study to determine community attitudes about Anzac Day raised concerns about inappropriate behaviour among some Anzac Day event participants.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 12, 2013
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NatWest ‘Inadequate Security Enrollment’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from Natwest. The message is a phishing scam designed to trick recipients into submitting their personal and financial information to cybercriminals. The link opens a fake website made to look like a genuine Natwest web page.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 11, 2013
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False Claim – Muslims can Avoid Paying Bedroom Tax by Designating One Bedroom as a Prayer Room
The claims are false. Even if tenants choose to designate a room in their house as a place of worship, they cannot use this reason to avoid paying bedroom tax or any other taxes.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 10, 2013
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The Bogus Tale of The British Flag Lapel Pin and the Rude Muslim Woman in the Checkout Queue
The message is just a UK based mutation of earlier – and almost identical – messages set in Australia, the United States, and Canada. Previous versions claimed that the woman was Iraqi and focused on involvement in the Iraq war rather than Afghanistan.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 8, 2013
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