Upon further research and analysis, we're leaning towards believing this is indeed an elaborate hoax.
Part Manti Te'o's inspirational story turned out to be the result of an elaborate hoax.
He has also suggested removing fire-alarm boxes from city streets, to stop hoax calls.
Because Hughes was supposed to be a recluse, Irving thought his hoax would never be discovered.
Viewers eventually discovered the videos were a hoax made by the New Zealand actress.
Te'o, of course, was the victim of a tabloid-ready hoax involving a fake girlfriend.
"We're getting better at knowing what is and what isn't a hoax, " he said.
One woman whose photos were part of the hoax says that she was exploited herself.
Channel 4 invested millions in the hoax but viewing figures slipped during the series.
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Meanwhile, a security alert in Newtownabbey on Wednesday night was declared an elaborate hoax.
Last December, an inane Internet hoax surfaced that the 49-year-old lead singer had passed away.
Indeed, the terms of the agreement itself show that the deal is a hoax.
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Mr Nichols said the service was working closely with the police to prosecute hoax callers.
Sakander Mahmood, 26, from Sheffield, admits sending the right-wing group a hoax message through their website.
This was either a very sloppy hoax, or one that was designed to be revealed quickly.
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Te'o told Schaap that the hoax was created by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.
But the outcry over the Australian hoax call will not necessarily end these calls forever.
Both Mr. Te'o and the school described the player as a victim of that hoax.
Investigators don't know how many people may have participated in the hoax, he said.
Figures from Tayside Police showed that in 2009 the force received 4, 742 hoax or nuisance calls.
The story was a hoax, according to Deadspin, the only outlet that bothered to investigate it.
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Here's a round-up of some of the day's seemingly hoax reports which are, in fact, entirely true.
The BBC has issued no such flash but the hoax has caused particular panic in the Philippines.
Te'o has denied involvement in the hoax, and his family has not commented on Mr Tuiasosopo's story.
Sakander Mahmood, 26, of Firth Park, Sheffield, admitted sending the group a hoax message through its website.
The player also said the hoax also did not affect his performance in the title game blowout.
Thursday's interview with Couric would be the first time Te'o has spoken on camera about the hoax.
The pastor made no reference to his son specifically, or the alleged girlfriend hoax, during the service.
The book's next biggest find, that one of Wittgenstein's last works is a hoax, is wholly surprising.
Before the hoax I had thought my experience on FB was changing for personal, maybe even idiosyncratic, reasons.
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