Bogus Warnings

Circulating health warning claims that raw or leftover onions are poisonous because they are magnets for bacteria and are therefore not safe to eat. 

A post currently circulating on Facebook is warning users not to accept messages from their friends that ask them to watch a video on YouTube. The first part of the circulating message contains elements of truth that should be heeded.

Message circulating via SMS, social media and email warns you not to return missed calls from numbers starting with +375 or +371 because you will be charged between $15 and $30 for each returned call and your contact list and financial information will be instantly stolen from your phone.

Message warns shoppers to always check their receipts before leaving the check-out because people are being caught out by a scam in which unscrupulous cashiers add unauthorized cash back requests to transactions.

‘Hacker’ alert messages circulating on Facebook claim that, without your knowledge, hackers are posting insulting or sexual messages that appear to come from you onto your Facebook Timeline.

Circulating message claims that a family of six died after making tea from a kettle of water that contained a violin spider. 

Circulating message warns that violent gang members are using children who pretend to be lost as a means of tricking women into going to gang houses where they will be raped.

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”.