Hoax 'missing parents' e-mail?

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Did anyone else receive an e-mail with a picture of a boy attached and the message 'A BOY MISSING HIS PARENTS B'CAUSE TSUNAMI', asking people to forward it to as many people as they can? Typical hoax stuff if you ask me. I think it's a picture of the (mosquito bitten) Swedish boy who was reunited with his dad in a Thai hospital in the first few days after the Tsunami struck.


eight comments:

The lowlifes are crawling out of the woodwork.
Lars - 06 January 2005 - 00:15

@lars: waarvan akte!
zutman (link) - 07 January 2005 - 20:04

Got it half an hour ago. The “got this from a reliable source” phrase made me sus…
Anne - 08 January 2005 - 06:58

but does anyone know if this is a hoax for absolute sure? i can’t find any other hoax info on the web. i’m going to send it in to CNN and let them expose it. shrug may as well put the media to work, right?
mao - 10 January 2005 - 18:53

found it. it’s real. it’s done.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl..
mao - 10 January 2005 - 18:58

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