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Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (UPDATE) Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (UPDATE)
Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (Update) A police incident that allegedly prompted a shelter-in-place alert to be issued in part of Hampden Township, turns out to have been a hoax, according to the same police supposedly involved in the incident.  The fake incident was on Red Spruce Lane in the Pinehurst Neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, according to Cumberland County officials. "Hampden Township Police are asking residents within a 1/2 mile radius to shelter in place and to stay away from doors and windows," officials stated in the release. Minutes after the alert was issued the county released an update c…

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by Jillian Pikora
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SCAM ALERT: Don’t Forward ‘Got Another Friend Request From You’ Facebook PM -- It’s A Hoax SCAM ALERT: Don’t Forward ‘Got Another Friend Request From You’ Facebook PM -- It’s A Hoax
Scam ALERT: Don’t Forward ‘Got Another Friend Request From You’ Facebook PM -- It’s A Hoax You can stop forwarding that latest warning from your Facebook friends about your account being cloned. You weren’t. It’s bogus. And you're just making it worse. It starts out: “Hi….I actually got another friend request from you yesterday…which I ignored so you may want to check your account…” Then it tells you to “hold your finger on the message until the forward button appears…then hit forward….” Your account isn’t sending duplicate friend requests. And you didn’t receive a request from the person you’re forwarding it to. You’re simply doing it because the message tells you to. DON’T. …

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by Jerry DeMarco