The folly of false messages


Forwarding e-mail or SMSes of warnings can be a double-edged sword – it can be very informative and it can also be false.

THE alert on your BlackBerry goes off and you see that you have received a Twitter message that reads: “Robbers drove off in my black Vios XXX 1234 with my 2-year-old baby girl at TTDI, KL. If u see it please cal 01Z-ZZZZZZZ or the nearest police station. Pls RT”.

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