Posts Tagged ‘chain letters’

Facebook WON’T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy’s surgery. It’s a hoax!

Nov

2011

Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being raped. The message, which comes attached to an image of a young boy’s injured torso, claims that Facebook will donate 45 […]

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Hoax! Little boy needs 100 Facebook shares for a heart transplant

Nov

2011

A new hoax is spreading between Facebook users, in the mistaken belief that sharing a picture of a sick boy in intensive care will grant him a heart transplant. If this little boy gets a 100 shares then he can get his heart transplant for free Of course, the message is nonsense – and simply […]

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Facebook price grid? $9.99 for gold membership? The charging hoax continues to spread

Sep

2011

A hoax claiming that Facebook is planning to start charging users continues to spread across the social network, and has now been adapted by mischief-makers into a claim that the service will be free if users forward a message before midnight. Duped users are sharing the message with their online friends, believing it will help […]

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Facebook WON’T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy’s surgery. It’s a hoax!

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