Bogus Warnings

Facebook message warns you not to accept a friend request from one Williams Sarah because she works for Facebook and will remove your account.

According to a rather breathless warning message that is currently circulating on Facebook, you should not open a Facebook post featuring a photo of a disfigured little girl because the photo is a “trojan horse virus”.

Circulating message that includes the letterhead of the Greater Manchester Police warns users not to ever dial the area codes 0809, 0284 and 0876 from the UK because such calls will be charged at £1500 per-minute.

Circulating WhatsApp message warns you not to join a group called ”Interschools” because it belongs to ISIS and you will not be able to leave. 

Various messages circulating on Facebook advise users to never click on bit.ly links because they all point to viruses, rogue applications or malicious websites.

According to supposed warning messages that are currently circulating via WhatsApp and SMS, you should not take a mobile phone call from the number 777888999.

Circulating message warns parents that games such as Minecraft have a doorway to the “black web”. The message claims that, if players move their game character through this doorway, they can then become the target for groomers.

Email claims that a message with an attachment named “Merry Christmas” contains a destructive virus that will “burn” the hard drive on the infected computer thereby destroying the Zero Sector.

Circulating message claims that a snack product called “Go Slo” has already killed 50 children in South Africa because the snack’s sugary taste disguises a deadly poison.