Monday, July 10, 2017

Why you should ignore the Jayden K Smith Facebook hoax

The persons who start these hoaxes are jerks. Our time is finite, most of us don't have as much time for things we want and need to do.



By Rozina Sini BBC News
July 10, 2017

Well-meaning users have been sharing a message which warns their friends not to accept a request from Jayden K Smith, but the message itself is the hoax.

The message asks users of the social network to pass on the information to everyone in their Facebook messenger contacts list. Some social media users have done so and inadvertently spread the lie.

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Well-meaning users have been sharing a message which warns their friends not to accept a request from Jayden K Smith, but the message itself is the hoax.

The message asks users of the social network to pass on the information to everyone in their Facebook messenger contacts list. Some social media users have done so and inadvertently spread the lie.

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he Jayden K Smith hoax is the latest in a string of common warnings about hacker accounts which are spread online. Past hoaxes on Facebook include warnings of names including Anwar Jitou, Linda Smith, Jason Allen, and Christopher Butterfield.

As the warning about the Smith account circulates online so does the clarification that it is untrue. Social media users have been sharing jokes to spread the message that Jayden K Smith is no one to be feared.

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