2016
has been a great year so far with lots of ups & downs and lots of things
happening around the World. This year we witnessed so many viral posts, News,
tweets that we almost believed, but it turned out to be Fake. Here is Part 2 of
Top 10 Internet HOAX. Enjoy
1. Win a Toyota 4Runner/Highlander 2016
Facebook post.
This
post appeared on August 2016 claiming to give away TOYOTA 4Runner/Highlander for liking and sharing their
post. It is luring Face book users into following the page
with a fake prize as bait. There really are no prizes on offer. It's a Scam, a
HOAX.
2. Celebrity Death Post.
Like Every year this year also we came across a
lot of Celebrity Death news. Many were shocked to hear the news of death of
their favorite celebrity. But Google helped us confirming the news to
be fake. This year’s list includes: Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler,
Nicholas Cage and more.
3. Facebook to Charge Users.
A message started spreading across Facebook that claims
“tomorrow morning” users will be invited to enter their payment information
since Facebook have decided to charge a fee appeared
on June 2016. Many people believed it and started to copy paste and share on their wall.
However this also a Hoax.
4. Typing ATM pin in reverse will call the
police.
Well,
this type of post has been doing rounds for a long time all over the social
media. The post read like this:
"WHEN
A THIEF FORCES U 2 TAKE MONEY FROM D ATM, DO NOT ARGUE OR RESIST, U MIGHT NOT
KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE MIGHT DO 2 U.
WHAT U SHOULD DO IS 2 PUNCH UR PIN IN D REVERSE,
Ex. IF UR PIN IS 1254, SHOULD PUNCH 4521.
D MOMENT U PUNCH IN D REVERSE, D MONEY WILL COME OUT BUT WILL BE STUCK INTO D MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT POLICE WITHOUT D NOTICE OF D THIEF.
EVERY ATM HAS IT, ITS SPECIALLY MADE 2 SIGNIFY DANGER & HELP."
WHAT U SHOULD DO IS 2 PUNCH UR PIN IN D REVERSE,
Ex. IF UR PIN IS 1254, SHOULD PUNCH 4521.
D MOMENT U PUNCH IN D REVERSE, D MONEY WILL COME OUT BUT WILL BE STUCK INTO D MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT POLICE WITHOUT D NOTICE OF D THIEF.
EVERY ATM HAS IT, ITS SPECIALLY MADE 2 SIGNIFY DANGER & HELP."
This hoax is
demonstrably untrue since anyone can (and often do) set their PIN number to a
palindrome, which is a number that reads the same forward as it does in
reverse, such as 1551. For such a reverse-PIN system to be implemented,
palindrome PIN numbers would first have to be banned, which of course they’re
not.
This recent Hoax
made everyone wonder regarding the flavor selection by the company. However
it’s a hoax. Yes Durex did tweet the announcement, but in reality it is part of
a campaign stunt by Durex to introduce a condom emoji on social media platforms
like Facebook, WhatsApp and on smartphones, to help younger people discuss safe
sex.
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