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Top 10 cases of mass deception on the Internet ( 10 photos)


In all the years that there is the Internet, he could seriously change our lives . Many of us do not even imagine , what to do in your free time , but to go to a page in your favorite social networks or view all news Triniksi ;) But with the advent of the Internet , fraud and various schemes of deception nor the innocent people began to spread through the network at incredible speeds . I suggest you read more about the most famous rallies and mass deception that ever was seen in the network.

Helicopter and shark

This is the first true Internet "duck ." In 2001, this picture appeared on the Internet and was struck by the naive Internet users. She emailed a statement that it is " Photo of the Year » National Geographic.
In fact , it is a superposition of two images : one helicopter maneuvers at the Golden Gate Bridge for a second - white shark in South Africa. When this myth has been refuted , an image still used in a variety of psychological and marketing research , even the National Geographic interested in it .

Serial killer Reddit

girl who thought her uncle - a serial killer , has created a blog where laid out the evidence of this fact. The blog had photos taken with " girl" , with images of newspaper clippings that made ​​her uncle, clothes stained with blood, and other incriminating evidence .
Quick Google search immediately link this information to the various sheets of the Wikipedia entry on unsolved murders appeared suspicious. But it turned out that a blog, and a girl, and all of the evidence - it was all fake . But soon the myth was debunked. But it is interesting that all students have played George Mason University as an additional task .
Many Internet users said that the IP addresses of the students of this university should be banned. But this proposal is not supported .

Rikrolling

Internet hoax, known as rikrolling - this is when you , instead of the necessary links , provide a link to Rick Astley's music video "Never Gonna Give You Up".
A week before the opening in 2008 , New York site Mets fans asked to choose a new song as background that would play every night to attract a crowd. "Never Gonna Give You Up" was the winner and the new official song of the Mets.
Mets staff were surprised how the hit '80s proved popular contemporary music. After all the circumstances , the company's employees were boiling with indignation , but still included the song every six games.

Sending a link Pitbull

PR campaign of Facebook offered to send a hip- hop artist Pitbull act Volmort supermarket , the post received the most likes . They assumed that the singer will travel to New York or Los Angeles, or, at least , in Omaha. But they did not anticipate that there has not been without David Thorpe and John Hendren site SomethingAwful.com.
With the help of volunteers from the internet , they were able to resolve the fate of the pit bull. A vote was taken , in what city, where there is a supermarket Volmort , the singer will be performing . The most votes won the most remote Kodiak Island in Alaska , where he scored more likes than the entire population of the island .
When Wal-Mart won a competition in Alaska , Pitbull said that he was not disappointed and went to the island . He also invited along Thorpe and Hendry, who contributed his trip.

Petition " Death Star " (the weapon from "Star Wars , which blows up the planet »

In early 2013 attracted the attention of online petition on the official White House . According to the site, if the petition gained 25,000 signatures and, therefore, she has the right to be considered the ruling government. this is the petition gained 35,000 signatures .
in an official response contained the administration that the amount claimed in the 850 quadrillion dollars was too high , and the presidential administration does not support blowing up planets. They also put forward the question: "Why should we spend countless taxpayer money on the Death Star for the target you can perform single spaceship? "

Save Toby

Toby was a pet of James and Bryant , creators of the site SaveToby.com. They have created a website in early 2005 , promising that they will kill and eat Toby , if the site does not receive the $ 50 000 by June 30 . The site had photos and video Toby , as well as information on how they are going to cook it .
Later, James and Bryant have published a book titled " Only you have the opportunity to save Toby ," which contained recipes for rabbit meat . They stated that they have not sold 100,000 copies, they fulfill their promise .
Animal rights activists said it was against the law, and tried to close the site . While they cover the expense of PayPal, which received donations 's close and could not . The official statement read: "we are allowed to eat rabbit ».
It turned out that the site was false, but nevertheless, the account has received about $ 20,000 .

Dub The Dew

Internet voting - a good thing, until you realize that ordinary Internet user not very important whether any violations in this case .
In this case, the company introduced a new Mountain Dew apple flavor , and Internet users had to decide what name to give him. As it turned out , no one took the survey seriously. The most popular titles were "gushing granny" ( sentimental grandmother ), "sierra mist," ( haze chronosphere ) and "diabettus" ( diabetus ) . In the end, Mountain Dew shut down the site when the proposed options appeared " Hitler did not do anything wrong ."

Bald Bieber

edited in photoshop a picture began a journey across the expanses of the Internet in autumn 2012 . The picture supposedly was proof that Bieber cancer. Soon began to appear photoresponse - photos shaved bald by fans .
Another similar thing happened in January 2013 . After reporting that Bieber is taking drugs , his fans took part in the protests to force them to get an idol with a slick track. But both statements were ducks.


Taylor Swift at the school for the deaf

In 2012, the campaign was launched , which said that the singer will perform at a school that will score the most votes . It was another opportunity to Reddit and 4chan show themselves and cheat another celebrity. It soon became clear that the results of the voting by Taylor Swift was supposed to speak at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing children .
However , this school has been disqualified from the list of participants. The school principal did not like it , and he said that even the hard of hearing children should be able to enjoy the music. To avoid problems , Taylor Swift has donated 10,000 U.S. schools .

lonelygirl15

In June 2006, 16 -year-old girl began to spread in the network video of Sway daily life on YouTube under the name of "lonelygirl15". Soon , she had her subscribers . Then the girl said that her family is involved in some strange occult traditions, and that it is kept locked up at home . On her blog to sign more and more people .
Thousands of people were concerned about the girl's life , when it was announced that the page is fictitious . By the time many are already skeptical attitude to the situation , but everything was so thought out that it took a whole investigation to find out that the heroine of the blog was actually an actress .
Shaw continued to exist, and has given rise to several shows on its grounds with dozens of characters to its final completion in 2008 .



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