Posts Tagged ‘hoaxes’

Vanilla Ice ‘dies in a car crash’ – hoax spreads on Facebook

Jun

2012

Has Vanilla Ice really died in a car crash?After all, plenty of people have been sharing the news on Facebook in the last 24 hours – so it must be true, mustn’t it?Messages like the following have been shared widely on the social network: Vanilla Ice died in a single vehicle crash on Route 80 […]

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Vanilla Ice Dies In Car Crash – Facebook Hoax

Jun

2012

It appears that another celebrity death hoax is rapidly spreading on Facebook – Vanilla Ice is the latest subject, and this isn’t the first time.Clicking the wall post takes you to http://vanilla.ice.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/auto80.php – a rather odd looking url for a news site. Also, none of the news category links are active either. The only working […]

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Sex Appeal Meter Scam and Execution Hoax Abound on Facebook

Mar

2012

There’s not a day when we don’t see a new scam or hoax-yes, even the old ones-being proliferated on Facebook. I’ve seen both today. Let’s take a quick look at each one, shall we? First off, the scam: click to enlarge The screenshot above is a post generated by the “Sexappeal Meter” app that have […]

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