Tag: hoaxes

Facebook ‘Powerball’ Scam Screws Woman out of $10K
Neither Facebook nor its CEO Mark Zuckerberg are ever going to give you money, unless you're a charity – then you might get a fat donation from Zuck. But for average, everyday peop...
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Kanye West Wasn’t Banned from the Grammys Damnit Stop Sharing These Hoax Articles
A disclaimer at the bottom of every page on the site Huzelrs.com reads: Huzlers.com is the most notorious urban satirical entertainment website with the most sho...
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Facebook Is Finally Trying to Stop Those Dumb Hoaxes from Spreading
If the grand experiment that is social media has taught us one thing, it's that people have no shame. If it's taught us anything else, it's that people will fall for anything....
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Facebook Hoax Promises Hot Snapchat Photos, Delivers Only Fraud
If you're scrolling through your news feed and come across a pair of boobs and a promise of hot Snapchats, ignore your impulses and avoid. It's a scam. Specifically, you might s...
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Faceboozled: The Facebook Hoaxes That Duped Your Gullible Friends (and Likely Will Again)
"You can't believe everything that you read, and that goes double for stuff on Facebook." - Mark Zuckerberg* Recently, a very old and very stupid hoax made the rounds o...
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Ricky Martin Isn’t Dead, Just Chillin in #Heaven
Ricky Martin is alive and well, relaxing on the beach in #heaven. Martin is the latest victim of the ubiquitous celebrity death hoax, as the internet killed him off over the wee...
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Facebook Privacy Hoax Returns to Dupe the Highly Dupable
Don't be the guy who posts that completely useless privacy notice on Facebook ... again. Hey, better safe than sorry, right? Wrong. Just say no. A hoax as old as an...
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Hugh Hefner Falls Victim to Internet Death Hoax
Like many before him and still many more to come, Playboy Hugh Hefner was recently killed – by the Internet. Over the weekend, an article appeared on the site nbctoday.co claimi...
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Facebook Monthly Fee Hoax Resurfaces, Is Still Incredibly Stupid
"Facebook is a free site and will never require that you pay to continue using the site." You may not trust Facebook all of the time, but you should tr...
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Betty White Isn’t Dead, Just the Victim of a Bad Pun
Betty White, the 92-year-old comedienne and actress who seems to only get better with age, is fine. Despite what you may have heard on Twitter, White is not dead. But she is th...
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‘Facebook Drug Task Force’ Hoax Shows Desperate Need for More Satire Tags
Last week, Facebook began reminding idiots that The Onion, as well as arti...
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Orange Is The New Black Wasn’t Canceled, It’s Just a Dumb Hoax
Despite what you might have read over the weekend, the ladies of Litchfield will be back for a third season. Self-proclaimed "satirical and entertainment website" Empire News pu...
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Cloned Dinosaur Story is a Complete Hoax
Last week a story appearing on the website Newshound.biz reported that British scientists had successfully cloned a dinosaur. Citing scientists and spokespersons from Liverpool Jo...
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Facebook Shutting Down Hoax Resurfaces, Inexplicably
Hey guys - read this and let me know what you think: Dear Facebook members, Facebook is supposed to be closing down March 15th because it is becoming very overpopulated. The...
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Facebook Hoax Alert: Apparently, People Are Still Falling for the ‘See Who Viewed Your Profile’ Scam
Guys, we need to talk. It appears that people still think that there's some way to see who has viewed their Facebook profiles. Scammers keep designing bogus apps to capitalize o...
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