The hoax has been posted in community groups across the UK and abroad.
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Full Fact→ Photo of a man who died in 2014 used in recent hoax appeals for ‘missing’ man
The hoax has been shared in community groups across the UK and abroad.
FactCheck.org→ Post Makes False Claim About Children Missing After Maui Wildfires
Quick Take The wildfires in Maui caused widespread destruction on the island and claimed the lives of 97 people. The Maui Police Department and the FBI have released the list of 31 individuals still unaccounted for following the fire. Yet an Instag
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False claim that Navy SEALs rescued missing Maui children from cages comes from a parody site
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Story about Navy SEALs saving missing kids in Maui is fabricated
“Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages.
Full Fact→ Search for missing man ‘Frederick Miller’ is a hoax
The hoaxes share a photo of a man with his dog from a 2020 Reddit post.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – More than 60 people missing after Maui fires, not 1,000 children
“Over 1,000 missing children in Maui.”
Logically→ Donald Rumsfeld didn’t report $2.3 trillion missing from the Pentagon the day before 9/11
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data
Were 2,000 kids missing in Maui a month after the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: There are not 2,000 missing children on the island of Maui, Hawaii Governor Josh Green's office told Lead Stories on September 11, 2023. The
Full Fact→ Hoax posts posts about ‘missing’ man called Gerald spread across UK
The fake alerts have been shared more than 1,600 times.
Full Fact→ Hundreds share fake appeal for ‘missing’ girl Bella Heather
Posts claiming a five-year-old girl has gone missing have been shared across the UK and around the world.
Full Fact→ Missing children, lost dogs and escaped snakes: how hoax posts are swamping local Facebook groups
Our investigation reveals over 100 communities across the UK have been the victim of hoaxes, and uncovers why they’re happening.
Logically→ Viral Facebook posts about missing person ‘George Smith’ are fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rail Gun Physics Does NOT Prove The Earth Is ‘Missing Curvature’
Does a rail gun's ability to "hit a target 100 miles away in a perfectly straight line" prove that the Earth is "missing curvature"? No, that's not true: Such claims are "absurd" and "completely nuts," two physicists told Lead Stories. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Was NOT Dropped By ESPN, Nike After Missing Penalty Kick
Did U.S. professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe lose a "post-retirement broadcasting" position with ESPN and was she also dropped as a Nike partner following backlash after a missed penalty kick during the 2023 World Cup? No, that's not
Full Fact→ Hundreds share hoax Facebook appeal for missing man called George
Full Fact has seen examples of the fake alert in Somerset, Derbyshire and Inverclyde.
Full Fact→ Minister’s claim on Aberdeenshire council tax increase missing context
Under Scottish government plans currently under consultation, only properties in Band H in Aberdeenshire would see an increase of £768.12 in council tax.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Jackson Simmons’ And His Dog ‘Cami’ Are NOT Missing — It’s Scam Story
Are a person with dementia named "Jackson Simmons" and his dog "Cami" missing and has there been a silver alert issued for "Simmons"? No, that's not true: The story has been posted on social media as a part of a bait-and-switch scam. Such
Full Fact→ Appeal for missing ‘Justin Smith’ is a hoax
The child in the picture was actually reported missing in New York state last month, and has since been located.
PolitiFact→ Nicole Malliotakis – Fast food jobs vs. the military: Pay comparison missing context
“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
Full Fact→ Hoax post about missing six-year-old girl shared on Facebook
The picture used in the post is of a girl from the US, not Lancashire.
Full Fact→ Missing girl hoax uses photo of kidnapped US child
The hoax post appeals for help to find a girl called Sofia who supposedly went missing in South Shields in the UK.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – What’s missing from this offer of grants for free dental implants? The grants
“Free dental implants” are available “through Dental Grants.”
Full Fact→ Hoax missing boy post uses picture of animal rescue volunteer in Philippines
Fake appeals for information about a supposedly missing five-year-old have been shared in UK Facebook groups.
Full Fact→ Government figures don’t show 140,000 children were ‘completely missing’ from formal schooling last year
Labour MP Ian Mearns told us his claim was based on a Sky News report which said around 140,000 were “never in class”. But that’s not what the data shows, and both have corrected their claims.
Logically→ Fake appeal for ‘missing child Sofia’ viral on social media
Full Fact→ Thousands share fake appeal for missing child ‘Sofia’
A picture of a different child has been used in a hoax appeal shared widely on Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pentagon did not report trillions of dollars missing the day before 9/11
“The day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing.”
Full Fact→ Fake missing man appeal uses picture of pet detective
A Facebook post claiming a man is missing in Cookstown, Northern Ireland uses a picture of an Ohio-based pet detective.
Logically→ No, burgers and sausages do not contain human meat from missing children
Logically→ No audio recordings of the missing Titan submarine have been released
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Missing OceanGate Submarine’ NOT ‘Found Empty’ — Debris Found, Suffered ‘Catastrophic Implosion’
Was the "missing OceanGate submarine found empty" at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by search-and-rescue teams? No, that's not true: The U.S. Coast Guard said on June 22, 2023, that the OceanGate Titan suffered a "catastrophic implosion
Full Fact→ Missing grandma hoax posts use photo taken from a 2016 blog
Almost identical posts appeared in community groups for locations across the UK.
AllSides→ Did a Game Controller Operate the Missing Sub Exploring Titanic?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/controller-missing-sub-titanic/ Claim: A video game controller was us
Truth or Fiction?→ The Missing Submarine and the ‘Logitech Controller’
On June 20 2023, “Logitech” trended on Twitter amid claims that a missing submersible that was intended to visit the remains of the Titanic was “controlled by a Logitech controller”: The Titanic tourist submarine that went mi
Full Fact→ Plea to help find missing grandma on Facebook is a hoax
The posts appear in community groups across the UK but use a photo from a genuine missing person appeal in the US, who has since been found.
Full Fact→ Facebook post does not show a missing man with dementia named ‘Mr Jones’
A Facebook post uses a photo from the US that has appeared in other hoax posts about missing elderly men.
Logically→ Video of roof flying off, narrowly missing people is unrelated to cyclone Biparjoy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver’s Claims Of Missing Ballots
Did a U.S. Postal Service report confirm a driver's claims of missing ballots from the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The report released did not corroborate the driver's claims and instead noted that "Investigators conf
Full Fact→ ‘Missing’ child appeal featuring boy with a baby deer is a hoax
Many versions of the fake appeal have been shared in Facebook community groups both in the UK and US.