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Did A Rove Beetle (Semut Charlie) Disfigure This Baby?
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Did A Rove Beetle (Semut Charlie) Disfigure This Baby?
Back in 2015, we first debunked this hoax about a rove beetle (also known as semut Charlie or semut Tomca ...
Back in 2015, we first debunked this hoax about a rove beetle (also known as semut Charlie or semut Tomcat) attacking and disfiguring a poor baby. Yet, people kept sharing the hoax over and over again ...
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The Kidnapping Children For Organs Hoax Debunked!
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The Kidnapping Children For Organs Hoax Debunked!
Malaysians are OBSESSED with hoaxes about people kidnapping children and selling their organs. It doesn't ...
Malaysians are OBSESSED with hoaxes about people kidnapping children and selling their organs. It doesn't help when they share them on social media, WhatsApp groups and even in newspapers. So let us d ...
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The Organ Trafficker Caught With 2 Dead Children Hoax!
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The Organ Trafficker Caught With 2 Dead Children Hoax!
The Coverage Bureau falsely created a story about an organ trafficker caught with two dead children, to g ...
The Coverage Bureau falsely created a story about an organ trafficker caught with two dead children, to generate traffic. It went viral, giving them a lot of clicks and likes. However, it's a FAKE STO ...
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The Pedigree Dog Adoption Scam Debunked! Read + SHARE!
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The Pedigree Dog Adoption Scam Debunked! Read + SHARE!
Three innocent people have been victimised by the pedigree dog adoption hoax. They were both inundated wi ...
Three innocent people have been victimised by the pedigree dog adoption hoax. They were both inundated with thousands of calls and messages from strangers asking to adopt abandoned pedigree dogs. Plea ...
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The Public Bank SMS Scam Exposed! Read + SHARE!
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The Public Bank SMS Scam Exposed! Read + SHARE!
After targeting Maybank, Alliance Bank and CIMB, scammers are now targeting Public Bank with a new SMS sc ...
After targeting Maybank, Alliance Bank and CIMB, scammers are now targeting Public Bank with a new SMS scam! Let us expose this new SMS scam, so you won't fall for it. Make sure you share this informa ...
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Bulldog Bites Pedophile Randle James Hoax Debunked!
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Bulldog Bites Pedophile Randle James Hoax Debunked!
Clickbait websites know that when they use the word pedophile, it turns off the logic part of many people ...
Clickbait websites know that when they use the word pedophile, it turns off the logic part of many people's brains. That's why they keep using the pedophile trope to keep the page views and clicks com ...
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Did The Germans Abandon Cars To Protest Fuel Price?
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Did The Germans Abandon Cars To Protest Fuel Price?
Another Facebook rumour has been going around, claiming that the Germans forced their government to resci ...
Another Facebook rumour has been going around, claiming that the Germans forced their government to rescind an increase in the fuel price. How did they do it? Apparently, they abandoned over a million ...
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The Robbery Using Fake TNB Notice Debunked!
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The Robbery Using Fake TNB Notice Debunked!
In 2016, Malaysians were set abuzz by a new method purportedly used by robbers to gain entry into houses ...
In 2016, Malaysians were set abuzz by a new method purportedly used by robbers to gain entry into houses - using a fake TNB notice. Let's find out what happened, and whether it's true. Note : For fore ...
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The Bangladeshi Malaysian Hoax Debunked!
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The Bangladeshi Malaysian Hoax Debunked!
This hoax about a Bangladeshi Malaysian was debunked long ago, but keeps making a comeback over and over ...
This hoax about a Bangladeshi Malaysian was debunked long ago, but keeps making a comeback over and over again, like a zombie that just won't die. So we have no choice but to debunk this hoax about a ...
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Watch Out For The Alliance Bank & CIMB Phone Scam!
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Watch Out For The Alliance Bank & CIMB Phone Scam!
Scammers are now trying to cheat people with the Alliance Bank and CIMB phone scam, so please alert your ...
Scammers are now trying to cheat people with the Alliance Bank and CIMB phone scam, so please alert your family and friends! Our friend, Dashken Chan, personally experienced it. He shared his experien ...
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The Kedder Human Puppies Hoax Debunked!
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The Kedder Human Puppies Hoax Debunked!
A story about a German tourist called Kedder giving birth to a litter of human puppies in South Africa ha ...
A story about a German tourist called Kedder giving birth to a litter of human puppies in South Africa has gone viral. It even showed a video of three of the human puppies that looked so lifelike. But ...
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16 Girls Pregnant After A Boy Ejaculated Into Swimming Pool?
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16 Girls Pregnant After A Boy Ejaculated Into Swimming Pool?
This viral news report about girls getting pregnant after a boy ejaculates into swimming pool keeps getti ...
This viral news report about girls getting pregnant after a boy ejaculates into swimming pool keeps getting shared on social media, and clickbait websites. There are a few variants, but they generally ...
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The Bonus Rakyat Pulau Pinang (BR1PP) Hoax Debunked!
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The Bonus Rakyat Pulau Pinang (BR1PP) Hoax Debunked!
A PSA on the Bonus Rakyat Pulau Pinang (BR1PP) has gone viral on social media. It claims that every Penan ...
A PSA on the Bonus Rakyat Pulau Pinang (BR1PP) has gone viral on social media. It claims that every Penang resident within a certain age range is entitled to a gratuity of RM 750. You may have read it ...
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The Hugh Jackman X-Men Comic Robbery Hoax Debunked!
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The Hugh Jackman X-Men Comic Robbery Hoax Debunked!
A viral post claimed that Hugh Jackman was robbed of his comics, but fought back to recover an X-Men comi ...
A viral post claimed that Hugh Jackman was robbed of his comics, but fought back to recover an X-Men comic for his daughter. We will debunk this hoax, and share with you the truth behind the viral pho ...
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Did Democrats Refuse To Stand During Trump’s Speech To Congress?
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Did Democrats Refuse To Stand During Trump’s Speech To Congress?
Trump supporters are raging about how Democrats have been so disrespectful of President Trump since he ca ...
Trump supporters are raging about how Democrats have been so disrespectful of President Trump since he came to office. Outright hoaxes like Trump's photos on the floor of a Starbucks outlet have been ...
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The Trump Photo On A Starbucks Floor Hoax Debunked!
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The Trump Photo On A Starbucks Floor Hoax Debunked!
Pro-Trump Facebook pages and groups are always sharing fake stories about Donald Trump, including this fa ...
Pro-Trump Facebook pages and groups are always sharing fake stories about Donald Trump, including this fake post about a photo of Donald Trump on the floor of a Starbucks. Let us debunk this ridiculou ...
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Did Michelle & Barack Obama Support Bersih 4 & 5?
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Did Michelle & Barack Obama Support Bersih 4 & 5?
You might have seen pictures of Michelle and Barack Obama showing their support for the Bersih 4 and Bers ...
You might have seen pictures of Michelle and Barack Obama showing their support for the Bersih 4 and Bersih 5 rallies. Check them out : Here is the larger pictures. They look pretty real, don't they? ...
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Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Endorsed Hillary?
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Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Endorsed Hillary?
On 25 October 2016, former Governor Bill Weld, the Vice-Presidential candidate from the Libertarian Party ...
On 25 October 2016, former Governor Bill Weld, the Vice-Presidential candidate from the Libertarian Party, issued a press statement on the Final Weeks of the 2016 Presidential Election. It was pounced ...
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Correcting The Record On Andrew Wakefield (Updated)
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Correcting The Record On Andrew Wakefield (Updated)
Vaccines Save Lives, Period For crying out loud, it's bloody 2016! We should have ZERO DEATHS from preven ...
Vaccines Save Lives, Period For crying out loud, it's bloody 2016! We should have ZERO DEATHS from preventable diseases like mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, etc. But more children are now being h ...
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The Hillary Clinton Affair With Yoko Ono Debunked!
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The Hillary Clinton Affair With Yoko Ono Debunked!
On May 8, 2015, the satirical website World News Daily Report (WNDR) posted an article about a purported ...
On May 8, 2015, the satirical website World News Daily Report (WNDR) posted an article about a purported Hillary Clinton affair with Yoko Ono in the 1970s. The "lesbian affair" was quickly dismissed a ...
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