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The Selendang Merah Hoax by Dagang Piatu Debunked!

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The Selendang Merah Hoax by Dagang Piatu Debunked!

Last night, a friend shared this post by Dagang Piatu on the murderous Selendang Merah. It was an old pos ...

Last night, a friend shared this post by Dagang Piatu on the murderous Selendang Merah. It was an old post (posted on the 7 February 2014) but people started sharing it again on the 2 September 2015, ...

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Another Faux Pas By The Director-General Of Information?

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Another Faux Pas By The Director-General Of Information?

We were so engrossed with our coverage of Bersih 4.0 that we missed another faux pas by the Director-Gene ...

We were so engrossed with our coverage of Bersih 4.0 that we missed another faux pas by the Director-General of the Department Of Information, Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman. If you recall, he was th ...

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Bersih Falsely Accused Of Burning The Malaysian Flag

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Bersih Falsely Accused Of Burning The Malaysian Flag

Updated @ 28/8/2015 : Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman just deleted or made private more than 2 years' wor ...

Updated @ 28/8/2015 : Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman just deleted or made private more than 2 years' worth of posts, including his post on a Bersih supporter burning the Malaysian flag. This instantl ...

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These Sikhs Are Not Ready To Bhangra Bersih Style

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These Sikhs Are Not Ready To Bhangra Bersih Style

This post shows a large number of Sikhs wearing yellow turbans. The poster, Baghwan Singh claims that "Th ...

This post shows a large number of Sikhs wearing yellow turbans. The poster, Baghwan Singh claims that "The Sikhs are ready to Bhangra... Bersih style". I thought this was a joke until I saw how many p ...

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The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple

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The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple

The beautiful Lepakshi Temple (also known as the Veerabhadra Temple) was built in the 16th century, but m ...

The beautiful Lepakshi Temple (also known as the Veerabhadra Temple) was built in the 16th century, but many people have not heard of it. One proud Indian, Maulik Lekhadia, is trying to correct that b ...

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The StemTech StemEnhance Scam Debunked!

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The StemTech StemEnhance Scam Debunked!

We take a look at StemEnhance from StemTech International, and show you why it is a scam. My First ...

We take a look at StemEnhance from StemTech International, and show you why it is a scam. My First Direct Experience With The StemEnhance Scam People seem to love sending me all sorts of hoaxes ...

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Journalism At Its Best – Same Bomb In Different Stories!

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Journalism At Its Best – Same Bomb In Different Stories!

Sometime in 2014, this tweet about the same bomb being used in different news stories went viral. Many pe ...

Sometime in 2014, this tweet about the same bomb being used in different news stories went viral. Many people saw it as evidence that the mainstream media was making up stories. But guess what - it wa ...

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Credit Card Scam Using Survey At AEON Big – UPDATED!

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Credit Card Scam Using Survey At AEON Big – UPDATED!

Updated @ 12/8/2015 : We checked in with Wendy again on her case. She informed us that AEON BiG terminate ...

Updated @ 12/8/2015 : We checked in with Wendy again on her case. She informed us that AEON BiG terminated the company's tenancy and will no longer allow them to do business there again. However, she ...

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Oops! Psychic Ken Robert Is No Psychic!

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Oops! Psychic Ken Robert Is No Psychic!

Psychic Ken Robert professes to be a Gifted Psychic Medium Clairvoyant with profound intuition. But he pu ...

Psychic Ken Robert professes to be a Gifted Psychic Medium Clairvoyant with profound intuition. But he publicly fell for a really silly hoax! Some Context When we covered the Peaceful Century's ...

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DNA In Cow’s Milk Makes Children Hot-Tempered Hoax!

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DNA In Cow’s Milk Makes Children Hot-Tempered Hoax!

A religious teacher claimed on national TV that DNA in cow's milk makes children hot-tempered! Unbelievab ...

A religious teacher claimed on national TV that DNA in cow's milk makes children hot-tempered! Unbelievable! We debunk this nonsensical claim, and share with you the facts on cow's milk and DNA in gen ...

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AEON BiG Fake Contest Scam

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AEON BiG Fake Contest Scam

Beware of the AEON BiG fake contest scam! On the 6th of August, 2015, AEON BiG issued a warning about a s ...

Beware of the AEON BiG fake contest scam! On the 6th of August, 2015, AEON BiG issued a warning about a scam syndicate. At that time, we thought that the AEON BiG fake contest scam was related to our ...

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The Queen Elizabeth Bus Ride To Protest Fuel Price Hoax!

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The Queen Elizabeth Bus Ride To Protest Fuel Price Hoax!

On Facebook, there is a new claim that Queen Elizabeth took a bus for 2 days "as a sign of protest agains ...

On Facebook, there is a new claim that Queen Elizabeth took a bus for 2 days "as a sign of protest against the price of fuel", and on the third day, "the price of fuel dropped by 20%". It's now being ...

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The German Police March Against The ECB Hoax!

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The German Police March Against The ECB Hoax!

Conspiracy theorists claim that German police officers marched against the Rothschild European Central Ba ...

Conspiracy theorists claim that German police officers marched against the Rothschild European Central Bank, showing a picture of German police officers marching. But as usual, it's nothing more than ...

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The RM 150,000 TNB Scam

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The RM 150,000 TNB Scam

Beware of the RM 150,000 TNB scam! I recently received this email that was purportedly sent by Tenaga Nas ...

Beware of the RM 150,000 TNB scam! I recently received this email that was purportedly sent by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). At first glance, it looks quite genuine, but there are many mistakes. See i ...

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Tattooed People Will Go To Hell

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Tattooed People Will Go To Hell

This Public Warning has been circulating on Facebook recently. Posted by a group that calls itself Christ ...

This Public Warning has been circulating on Facebook recently. Posted by a group that calls itself Christians Against Tattoos, it warns that tattooed people will go to hell, and that most traffic acci ...

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Morons Get Outraged By Obama’s Equal Opportunity Tweet

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Morons Get Outraged By Obama’s Equal Opportunity Tweet

The conservatives in United States are constantly being outraged by Barack Obama. It didn't matter whethe ...

The conservatives in United States are constantly being outraged by Barack Obama. It didn't matter whether whatever he said or did was right or wrong. They are ALWAYS outraged. So it is no surprise th ...

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Fake iPhone 6 Scam

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Fake iPhone 6 Scam

On the 9th of July 2015, Ide Idan Idang was scammed out of RM 800 (~USD215) when he was conned into purch ...

On the 9th of July 2015, Ide Idan Idang was scammed out of RM 800 (~USD215) when he was conned into purchasing a fake iPhone 6. Worse of all, it was not even an Android clone of the iPhone 6. It was j ...

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Human Body Energy Clock – When & What To Do

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Human Body Energy Clock – When & What To Do

The Internet is full of weirdness. Here is one of them - a human body energy clock. It advises you on wha ...

The Internet is full of weirdness. Here is one of them - a human body energy clock. It advises you on what to do at any particular time in a day. Apparently, different organs of your body are activate ...

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