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.
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Misleading Warning about Missed Calls From +375 and +371 Numbers Outline
by Brett M. Christensen October 30, 2017Message circulating via SMS, social media and email warns you not to return missed calls from numbers starting with +375 or +371 because you will be charged between $15 and $30 for each returned call and your contact list and financial information will be instantly stolen from your phone.
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Bogus Warnings
‘Check Your Receipts’ – Cash Back Scam Warning is Untrue
by Brett M. Christensen August 11, 2017Message warns shoppers to always check their receipts before leaving the check-out because people are being caught out by a scam in which unscrupulous cashiers add unauthorized cash back requests to transactions.
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Bogus Warnings
Inaccurate Warnings Claim ALL ‘bit.ly’ Links Are Suspect and Should not be Clicked
by Brett M. Christensen May 24, 2017Various messages circulating on Facebook advise users to never click on bit.ly links because they all point to viruses, rogue applications or malicious websites.
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Fake-News
Bogus Message Proclaims ‘Christmas is Banned: It Offends Muslims’
by Brett M. Christensen November 4, 2013Circulating message features a photograph depicting a newspaper headline that screams “Christmas is banned: IT Offends Muslims”.
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Message that features an image of a small child with an injured face along with a poem about a child murdered by an abusive father exhorts recipients to repost the image and poem to show that they are against child abuse.
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Bogus Warnings
Inaccurate Warning about Fake $50 Australian Banknotes
by Brett M. Christensen December 3, 2010Circulating message claims to show recipients how to detect fake $50 Australian Banknotes. The message suggests that fake notes can be determined by a missing name under a portrait and by the order of signatures.
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Emailed collection of cancer related tips and information claims to originate from world-renowned medical research facility, Johns Hopkins.
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Bogus Warnings
Misleading and Inaccurate – Strawberry Quick Methamphetamine Warning
by Brett M. Christensen May 16, 2007Messages warn that a form of strawberry coloured and scented methamphetamine dubbed ‘Strawberry Quick’ is being distributed to school children.