Why Hoax Emails Refuse To Die


A rather persistent hoax has been floating around blogs, Facebook, and Twitter recently. The "warning" alleges that a company put a flier through your letterbox claiming that they were unable to deliver a parcel - and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911. Apparently this will immediately charge your phone £315. Before we go any further, this "warning" is a hoax. The original scam was closed in 2005! So, why is this propagating now? One reason that I can find is that this …

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Do People Understand How To Use Twitter?


Photo of a TV screen which seems to quote BobbyLlew talking about Question Time.

No. Learning a new skill is hard. Evidentially, twitter is too hard for some people.  Robert Llewellyn was rightly confused when he saw this... What Had Happened? Turns out, the BBC had read a tweet to Robert Llewellyn and mistaken it for a tweet by him Everything Electric SHOW & EXPO@Everyth1ngElecI think they should be on #BBCqt, I know the oxygen of publicity argument but I believe 90% of people will see the truth of their hate❤️ 0💬 0🔁 014:17 - Thu 22 October 2009Dave@dfliteReplying t…

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