Hoaxes

Message circulating via social media claims that 7 year old cancer sufferer Amy Bruce will receive £7 from the Make-A-Wish Foundation every time the information is reposted.

Message claims that leaving onions around a room can absorb the flu virus along with bacteria that cause other illnesses thereby preventing people from becoming sick.

Circulating social media message claims a little girl went missing in an ASDA store but was later found in the store’s toilets where a “foreign man and woman” were changing her clothes and cutting her hair.

According to a message going viral via social media, iconic US actor Sylvester Stallone has died.

Message that contains an image showing a very large snake, claims that the snake is a King Brown found in Branxton, NSW, Australia.

Circulating image shows a sign posted in the window of a McDonald’s store that informs African-American customers that they are required to pay more due to a string of robberies.

Starting in early February every year, social media posts begin warning users that Facebook will be closed for maintenance between the 29th and 31st of February. 

Message warns recipients that cell phone numbers are set to be released to telemarketing companies this month and that consumers will be charged for incoming calls from these companies.

Circulating social media posts claim that a video shows lightning hitting the water in a river.