Internet Hoaxes and Pranks
Don't believe everything
Intro
Hoaxes and online pranks can be very funny it you know what is going on, but if you don't, it can be very confusing. It's all harmless until the cops get involved or somebody gets hurt physically or mentally.
Taylor Swift and the School of The Deaf
In 2012, Swift held an online contest and who ever got the most votes would have a private concert. The contest was rigged so she would have to preform for a school of the deaf. She said it was rigged and donated $10,000 instead.
Save Toby
Two guys made a website saying that they were going to eat Toby the rabbit unless they recived $50,000 in few months. They later came out with a recipe book with the same consequence unless they sold 10,000 copies.
Mc Donald's
The idea fo an insurance for a fast food place to be racial discriminating is possible, but yet many people bought into this idea.
The Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax
http://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-story/story?id=18268647 Manti Te'o is now an NFL player for the San Diego Chargers but that is not what the 2013 1st round pick from Notre Dame is known for. Te'o was at the center of a hoax about his girlfriend, many say his girl friend didn't exsit and they are right it was later found out that a group of friends had made the fake girl on social media as a joke. Te'o believed it to real but he now admits he was wrong.