Hoax
'New Way Gangs Steal, Rape and Kidnap Girls' hoax spreads on Facebook
Facebook users are innocently sharing advice with their online friends about how women can avoid being kidnapped and raped, not realising that they are perpetuating a hoax.
Will Twitter donate $1 for every retweet about baby with cancer? No. It's a hoax
Tens of thousands of Twitter users have been tricked into retweeting a message claiming that Twitter will donate $1 per retweet to a baby needing treatment for cancer.
Of course, it's a hoax.
Baby cancer and heart transplant hoaxes on Facebook
Facebook is a fertile breeding ground for hoaxes, spam and chain letters.
Adam Ant is NOT dead - despite what you may have read on the net
Has 1980s pop star Adam Ant really been killed in a jet ski crash?
If you believe everything you read on Twitter and Facebook, you might think that it's true. Learn to be more skeptical, and don't trust everything you read on the net.
Don't fall for the Recovering American Soldier hoax
A message spreads on Facebook telling you how you can send a Christmas card to an anonymous American soldier - but all is not what it seems.
Facebook WON'T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy's surgery. It's a hoax!
Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being raped.
Hoax! Little boy needs 100 Facebook shares for a heart transplant
A new hoax is spreading between Facebook users, in the mistaken belief that sharing a picture of a sick boy in intensive care will grant him a heart transplant.
The Pink Profile Pic Facebook virus hoax
A warning is being spread by Facebook users, worried that their friends may have caught a computer virus because their profile picture has gained a pink tinge.
Find out how a campaign to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer turned into a computer virus scare.
BlackBerry outage, video apologies, a hoax and Ronnie Corbett
Millions of BlackBerry owners around the world have been feeling the pain this week as messaging and email systems collapsed in a service outage.
Which is hardly the ideal time for a BlackBerry-related hoax to be spread.
Facebook price grid? $9.99 for gold membership? The charging hoax continues to spread
Duped Facebook users are sharing a message with their online friends, believing it will help them avoid charges of between $3.99 and $9.99 per month.
Of course, the chain letter is completely bogus - and should not be forwarded.
Facebook to start charging? It's poppycock!
Will Facebook start charging due to the new profile changes?
No.
But don't let the truth get in the way of a good old-fashioned chain letter, spreading like billy-o across the social network.
Pornographic movies posted on Facebook walls?
A warning is spreading like wildfire on Facebook, claiming that hackers are posting pornographic movies on users' walls which are invisible to the owners of the wall but are visible to friends and family.
'May God always bless..' Facebook virus hoax spreads
Facebook users are sending scary warnings to each other regarding a supposed new piece of malware spreading across the social network.
But is there really a piece of spyware hitting users, or is something else happening?
Invitation Facebook warning spreads Olympic torch virus hoax
Facebook users are once again warning their online friends about a threat - the only problem this time is that it doesn't really exist.
Internet Explorer users have low IQ? Media hoaxed by bogus research
Media organisations are duped by false research claiming that Internet Explorer users are dumb.
Hugh Hefner is NOT dead - hoax spreads across the internet
Dressing-gown wearing octogenarian is not dead, despite internet rumours. In fact, he's lying in bed with his new Playmate girlfriend.
Do social networkers take enough care when rushing to find breaking news?
Facebook to start charging this summer? Hoax spreads across social network
Some Facebook users have started posting a message on their walls, and encouraging their friends and family to do the same, claiming that Facebook will start charging this summer.
BeautifulPeople dupes media with Shrek virus publicity stunt
Shrek virus targets ugly people on dating website?
It sounds like an April Fool's joke, but it's not April 1st and the world's media seems to have fallen for it.
Visit the New Facebook scare spreads on Facebook
Warnings are being posted across Facebook, warning users to beware messages from friends that invite them to "Visit the New Facebook".
But is it a real threat, or a hoax?
Jason Allen / Amy Allen virus hoax spreads on Facebook
Messages being shared across Facebook warn users not to add as a Facebook friend people called "Jason Allen" or "Amy Allen".
But in truth, it's a new hoax spreading like a chain letter across the social network.
