Hoaxes

Circulating hoax message warns users not to make any contact with a person with the screen-name “DreamWeaverGrey” because he is a suspect in the murders of 56 women that he met through the Internet.

Circulating message that features an image depicting a grave covered by a sturdy iron cage claims that the cages were used in Victorian times to keep vampires and zombies from escaping should they rise from the dead.

Message claims that fast-food outlet KFC changed its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken because it uses genetically manipulated organisms rather than real chickens and therefore cannot legally use the word “chicken” in its name.

Circulating report claims that DNA tests on the body of an elderly homeless man have identified him as Elvis Presley.

According to a post that is circulating rapidly on Facebook, you can check the security status of your Facebook account just by typing the letters “BFF” as a comment. 

According to a supposed news story that has been circulating via social media, actress and model Pamela Anderson has died. 

According to this nasty and racist “warning” message, the Chinese have started to produce canned beef with their dead bodies and are sending the resulting products to Africa for sale. 

“Amber Alert” message circulating via social media and email claims that a three-year-old child has been kidnapped by a man driving a grey car with the license plate 72B 381.

Circulating health message warns recipients not to eat shrimp or prawns while taking vitamin C because it can cause a chemical reaction that can lead to sudden death by arsenic poisoning.