Hoaxes

According to this widely circulated WhatsApp post, you must forward a message to your WhatsApp contact list or your account will be deleted.

Warning message claims that criminals in the UK are placing infant car seats containing fake babies on the sides of rural roads as a means of tricking potential victims into stopping their cars so that gang members can rape and rob them as part of a gang initiation.

Widely circulated image purportedly shows the ghost of a little girl in a gingham dress captured by a hidden deer cam.

Supposedly, you can help 13-year-old Annakay Brown pay for life-saving medical treatment just by sending on a message about her.  

Circulating report claims that Russian scientists have found 6 giant human skeletons while excavating a site in western Iran.

According to a message that is circulating via WhatsApp, the company has decided to let the app “work without Internet” at no extra cost. 

According to this widely circulated message, WhatsApp will donate money to help a blind baby each time her picture is shared.

Circulating report claims that millions of Thanksgiving turkeys have been recalled by the CDC because of concerns that they may harbour an avian virus.

Unfortunately, this message combines information about a real threat with a silly virus hoax and this has caused considerable confusion.