Messages circulating via social media claim that Muslims can be exempted from the new bedroom tax imposed on UK welfare recipients by setting aside the spare bedroom as a prayer room.

Message tells the story of how a Muslim woman in a British supermarket checkout queue was taken to task and put in her place by an elderly shopper after she made critical remarks about the cashier’s British flag lapel pin and the UK’s military involvement in Afghanistan.

Long-circulated message claims that the late US comedian Robin Williams came up with a “perfect plan” for achieving peace in the world, which he delivered during a speech in New York.

Circulating message claims that police who detained a young couple with a baby at a Las Vegas airport discovered that the baby was dead and that its body had been packed with illegal drugs.

Circulating message claims that March 2013 will feature 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, a special calendar event that only occurs once every 823 years.

Email asks the recipient to click a link to view an important confidential document in Google Docs.