[JulyZerg]

I just got this text message randomly.

"FWD: AMBER ALERT! 3yr old boy taken in vancouver by a man driving a '06 Mitsubishi Eclipse plate #98B351... KEEP IT GOING"

WTF is this all about? Is it real or fake? Did anyone else get it?

[Gt-R R34]

...if it's an actual amber alert and you want clarification.

CHECK NEWS station on TV, Radio and internet.

NOT RS.

[CivicTypeRice]

Ask asianxl.

[TOS'd]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/10/05/hoax-amber-alert-license-plate-98b351.htm

http://mashable.com/2009/10/15/abducted-child-message-hoax/

hoax. plus assuming its a normal plate, isnt it 3 numbers and 3 letters or vice versa?

[JulyZerg]

^ Nice it's a Hoax

[!SG]

if it was true, you would have heard it on the radio.

license plate is completely wrong. either its 3 letters 3 numbers, or 2 letters, 4 numbers for commercial.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/02/10/fake-amber-alert-spreads-far-and-wide-and-fast-via-sms-twitter.htm

[skyxx]

It's pedobear

[Vansterdam]

peodbear lol

[AzNightmare]

What exactly is an AMBER ALERT?

[murd0c]

What exactly is an AMBER ALERT?

it's a safety system and reports the info on all tv and radio channels if a child get kidnapped.

[ajax]

It's pedobear

Im sure you would've seen this on the streets:
http://lolpedo.com/pics/pedobear-amber-alert.jpg

[CP.AR]

license plate phail

[hal0g0dv2]

Im sure you would've seen this on the streets:
http://lolpedo.com/pics/pedobear-amber-alert.jpg

lol

[chris_89T]

if it was true, you would have heard it on the radio.

license plate is completely wrong. either its 3 letters 3 numbers, or 2 letters, 4 numbers for commercial.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/02/10/fake-amber-alert-spreads-far-and-wide-and-fast-via-sms-twitter.htm



What about Ham radio plates? :D

[Cereal Killer]

A friend forwarded that text to me. I didn't make much of it since the licence plate was weird and the radio didn't announce anything.

[tiger_handheld]

I got this text last night.

One, they know the year, model, and make of the car - but no color.
Two, if they know year, make, model, they were pretty close - someone must have seen the driver.
Three, they have no description of the kid.

[Durrann1984]

i got this txt too haha

[InvisibleSoul]

Because the most effective way to spread news to the masses is by manual text messaging.

[Shun Izaki]

man, i got this earlier tonight...

I just said...

"good luck finding that chick... i'll keep huntin' JB in the meantime!"

[!SG]

you can spot a ham radio plate easily.

Most are like VA7 or something.

What about Ham radio plates? :D

[SumAznGuy]

it's a safety system and reports the info on all tv and radio channels if a child get kidnapped.

More specifically.

Amber alert on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert)

[shenmecar]

Whoever sent it to you is a gullible faggot.

[Gh0stRider]

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - RCMP says it will not alert the public about an Amber Alert by text messaging, that follows a fake text message warning that's been circulating the Lower Mainland this week.

Corporal Karen Boreham with the RCMP's Provincial Amber Alert Program says any text message about an Amber Alert is likely not legitimate, because Mounties don't yet have that technology.

Boreham adds it becomes a strain on resources when people start calling 911 to see if there actually is a problem, but she doesn't want people to end up ignoring real Amber Alerts. "It does concern us in terms of us wanting to maintain a credibility with the community for a reliable Amber Alert system."

The fake text message warns a 3-year-old boy was taken from Vancouver by a man driving a Mitsubishi. Boreham recommends the message be deleted right away. She says the messages are often forwarded by well-meaning people who are only trying to help in what they think is an urgent situation.

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20091016_193010_2076

[Psykopathik]

what kinda idiot sends fake amber alerts?????

[ch0pstix]

i got the same text