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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Some called him a fool, others a liar who was in on the hoax.
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.
"'Robinson Crusoe' is Defoe's most famous hoax, " modern-day novelist and essayist Nicholson Baker flatly declared.
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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 BoD denounced the "hurtful" hoax, and vowed that the rally will go ahead.
So, Boris' reporting is a bit of a hoax as is Croatia itself, as Toni describes it.
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.
Pelosi on Wednesday said the president was perpetrating a "hoax" by pushing for more offshore oil drilling.
The entire thing was a hoax-but a hoax that certain media outlets wasted no time in repeating.
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Te'o has denied involvement in the hoax, and his family has not commented on Mr Tuiasosopo's story.
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