Tuesday, February 6, 2007
(You Can) Stop Hoax By Simple Research
This morning a friend forwarded a news regarding 10 commercial drugs that people should avoid. These include Paramex (my fave!), Hemaviton and Bodrex. Also said that a number of people already died consuming the drug. This warning, signed by "Drs. H. Sampurno, M.B.A", head of POM (Food & Drugs Regulation) Indonesia looks suspiciously hoax.
First, the list consist of popular brand name drugs. If its true, would it be causing huge attention?
Second, I think I've read this hoax before. Kinda old news
Ok, so to be sure I used my all-trusty research method known to man: The Internet! hahahahha. I ran down the search engine and found many results pointed to...yes, HOAX. Apparently this thing already circulated long enough (no wonder looks familiar), dated April 2003! OMG shame on you people! One thing that made me ROLF was the fact that "Drs. H. Sampurno, M.B.A" is no longer the head of POM! C'mon, talk about creativity....
I dont like hoax, spam or chain letters (who does?), but I also pity the people who's taking part promoting it by forwarding the news without rechecking the facts. So how to tell? Its easy than you think, like what I did just now, just point your browser and start googling around :-)
These are some noteworthy links related to hoax I stumbled when I did my search. Keep reading cause who knows, the story you've heard so far is genuinely fake!
Betul-Betul Berita Bohong
Hoaxbuster
Symantec's Threat Explorer
Hoaxkill
First, the list consist of popular brand name drugs. If its true, would it be causing huge attention?
Second, I think I've read this hoax before. Kinda old news
Ok, so to be sure I used my all-trusty research method known to man: The Internet! hahahahha. I ran down the search engine and found many results pointed to...yes, HOAX. Apparently this thing already circulated long enough (no wonder looks familiar), dated April 2003! OMG shame on you people! One thing that made me ROLF was the fact that "Drs. H. Sampurno, M.B.A" is no longer the head of POM! C'mon, talk about creativity....
I dont like hoax, spam or chain letters (who does?), but I also pity the people who's taking part promoting it by forwarding the news without rechecking the facts. So how to tell? Its easy than you think, like what I did just now, just point your browser and start googling around :-)
These are some noteworthy links related to hoax I stumbled when I did my search. Keep reading cause who knows, the story you've heard so far is genuinely fake!
Betul-Betul Berita Bohong
Hoaxbuster
Symantec's Threat Explorer
Hoaxkill
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