Hoaxes

Circulating message claims that an attached image depicts the deadly ‘snow snake’. According to the message, the snake’s venom will fatally freeze the blood of those bitten.

Message claims that attached photographs show a B737 aircraft just before it crashed after a mid-air collision with an Embraer Legacy jet over South America

Circulating message featuring images of a large snake claims that the snake is a 15 foot long Eastern Brown snake caught near a golf course at Caloundra, Queensland, Australia.

Did an angel from heaven appear as a bright light in the sky above the African country of Botswana, causing fear and surprise among those who witnessed it? 

According to a “warning” message that circulates via WhatsApp and social media websites,  hackers are using WhatsApp profile pictures to create nude images of users.

There are probably few sites in this history of the Internet that have spawned more hatred and condemnation than the Bonsai Kittens website.

This message, which is currently circulating via Facebook, Whatsapp, and other social media sites, warns people in Nigeria not to drink coke until further notice because it may be poisoned.

This rapidly circulating post supposedly gives notice to Instagram that “it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents”.

Circulating message relates the scary tale of a man who continues to receive Facebook messages from his girlfriend even though she died in a 2012 car accident.