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OT: Amber Alert hoax
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:30 pm
by surflawyer
I just got an Amber Alert and was asked to forward it to friends. It played on my heart strings as a father of three duaghters. I thought I was doing a good thing but it turned out to be a hoax. It didnt spread a virus or anything. It apparently was some joke to see if or how long a message could circulate before it made it back to the original sick &*%^$ who thought this was funny. Unfortunately I wont believe any future Amber Alerts now. If you get one on your eMail go online to check the Alert before sending it out to others.
It breaks my heart to know that there are people out there that would make a joke out of something so horrific. If any of our daughters were lost could we still trust the internet to help? I hope so...
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:32 pm
by Optimus_Steel
What is amber alert?
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:36 pm
by magicfan4life05
^ ive heard of it it's about a law to protect youn girls iirc, but how did someone do a hoax?
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:37 pm
by Gerhalt11
prorl wrote:What is amber alert?
Missing child system. You see them in mailings and e-mail and even sometimes on the automated traffic information signs on I-4 if they have a license plate number to be on the look out for. It's named for a girl named Amber Hagerman.
That is pretty despicable, surf. I have young brothers and sisters and if I ever found out someone was using their information for assenine game like this, you'd better believe I'd hunt them down.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:37 pm
by surflawyer
prorl wrote:What is amber alert?
An Amber Alert is in Florida when a child goes missing it is a STate wide notice to be on the look out for the child. It will appear on TV on the radio and on the Highway Information Signs for that purpose.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:40 pm
by Optimus_Steel
Not trying to be funny, but i thought it was some sort of allergy alert, like allergy season or something like that.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:57 pm
by happypedro12
ya that does suck, what POS would make a fake amber alert. well i gotta stay on them if i get one, even if it is a hoax. what a tool whoever it was that sent it out
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:07 pm
by TNMagicFan
That's really sad that someone thinks something like this is funny
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:17 pm
by Max Power
Whoever this waste of oxygen is who did this needs to be hit hard by the justice system. Anyone who does that and as a result the system gets dilluted needs to be tramped by bulls and set on fire. It's just amazing that there are these types out there. The same type of people filed fraudulant insurance claims during Katrina and the aftermath of September 11th.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:05 pm
by AdamTheGreek
Society just got worse with this BS.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:25 pm
by MagicalMan
surflawyer wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
An Amber Alert is in Florida when a child goes missing it is a STate wide notice to be on the look out for the child. It will appear on TV on the radio and on the Highway Information Signs for that purpose.
Not just FL. MN has them too.
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:57 pm
by Bigmagicfan82
MagicalMan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Not just FL. MN has them too.
Most states have it
NJ, NY, PA, DC, MD, VA, CT, GA, and CA just to name a few states.
Posted: Tue Mar 4, 2008 3:31 am
by NEM
im nowhere near fatherhood as im only a senior in high school but i still think that's sick, because as you said, how can we trust the internet when things like this pop up