Warning: ISIS Sending invites to WhatsApp Interschools Group-Fiction!
There’s no indication that warnings about ISIS using a WhatsApp group called “interschool” or “interschools” are legitimate.
There’s no indication that warnings about ISIS using a WhatsApp group called “interschool” or “interschools” are legitimate.
Warnings About Tick-Transmitted Powassan Virus-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Warnings about Powassan Virus, a virus transmitted by ticks that can be deadly or cause permanent neurological symptoms, circulated as summer of 2017 began. The Truth: Powassan Virus is a real and potentially deadly transmitted virus that has affected about 75 people in the Northeast and Great Lakes region …
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Warnings about exploding tennis balls are real, but they didn’t appear to be tied to a specific threat or trend when they resurfaced in May 2017.
There’s never been a threat of cosmic rays from Mars that could disrupt cell phones and other electronics, but warnings have been circulating since 2007.
The “Turkish Crime Family” hacker group has threatened to wipe hundreds of millions of iPhones of data, but it’s not clear how credible the threat is.
A real story out of Florida in 2016 was re-packaged after the fact and presented as if it were still happening.
The My Friend Cayla doll collects and transmits data about interactions with children; it’s not clear if that’s illegal yet.
A “Can You Hear Me?” phone scam records the victim saying “yes” and the recording is later used to prove verbal consent for purchases.
Reports of a phishing scam targeting Netflix customers are credible, but it’s not clear how many people have been impacted.
Family Tree Now opt out warnings are mostly real and credible — but reports of criminals using the website to target people or police officers are not.