Saturday, February 9, 2008

Heads Up - New Hoaxes Afoot

Argh - there are some people who shouldn't be allowed on the net.
 
The site medicaladoptions.com/ is a hoax and in very bad taste. It claims to be selling children from the third world to be adopted as organ donors. It contains fake testimonies and fake child profiles.
 
The only good news is that it is as bogus as it is tasteless. The pranksters who came up with this sick idea of a joke should be ashamed of themselves.
 
Here is the Snopes link debunking it.
 
 
There is also a hoax about a child named Chad Carter, who is said to be bankrupting the Make A Wish foundation with endless wishes by wishing for more wishes.
The story was cooked up by the *snicker* illustrious folks at theonion.com
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/child_bankrupts_make_a_wish_0 which is a BS site containing farce/spoof news. In other words, well, BS., but it's designed to look real.
 
Snopes link:
 
So, if anyone ever sends you chain letters about these, believing them, you can let them know these stories are bogus and I hope this saves anyone reading this message from possible upset should they get these stories from needlessly distressed friends..

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