Hoaxes

Circulating messages warn people not to drink Pepsi products because a Pepsi worker has contaminated the beverage with his HIV infected blood.

Message currently circulating via Facebook warns you not to accept anything from a person called Fabrizio Brambilla because he is a hacker. 

Circulating messages warn people to watch out for fake doctors who are going door to door offering to measure your blood sugar levels for free. 

A post currently making its way around Facebook warns you not to accept a friendship request from a person named James Wood.

Message claims heart doctors recommend that recipients learn ‘Cough CPR’, a procedure that involves vigorous coughing as a potential means of surviving a heart attack when alone.

Circulating message claims that HIV carriers in Thailand have deliberately contaminated canned fruit in a factory by dripping their blood into the food.

Circulating story claims that a man has been found alive after being trapped underground in a Chinese mine for seventeen years.

Message claims that staring at a BBQ fire while wearing contact lenses can cause the lenses to melt and lead to permanent blindness.

Message warns that simply accepting an email from a sender called Simon Ashton (simon_25_@hotmail.co.uk) will allow him to hack your email account