Internet Hoaxes And Pranks
Miracle Basey
Reddit Serial Killer
As part of a course George Mason students created a fake blog about a girl who thought her uncle was a serial killer. They had evidence pictures of her uncles newspaper clippings and blood stained clothes.
Save Toby
Toby was the pet rabbit of James and Brian, creators of SaveToby.com. They created a website promising to kill and eat toby if they didn’t receive $50,000 dollars by June 30.The site was a hoax when it was purchased by Bored.com. The creators had collected more than $20,000 in donations.
Is it REAL
Dub The Dew
Mountain Dew put a add on the internet to allow people to vote on the best names for a new flavor of moutain dew. They stopped the add because the at the top of the charts was Hitler Did Nothing Wrong
Bald For Bieber
People put up pictures of Justin Bieber bald. They tried to encourge people to go bald to support cancer. Justin Beiber DID NOT really go bald.
LonelyGirl15
A girl decided to record her everyday life and put it on youtube. She said her family was part of a cult. Her family WAS NOT really part of a cult
Is it FAKE
Taylor Swift School For Deaf
Chegg launched a competition that promised Taylor Swift would perform at the school that received the most votes.Taylor Swift and her sponsors disqualified the school. The school’s headmaster was displeased, and when he claimed that hearing-impaired people could still enjoy the music, Taylor Swift donated 10,000 to call it even.