Word: hoaxing
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...turned out to be medical students traveling to a course in Miami. Two of them are U.S. citizens, and the other holds a valid visa. The students later denied the woman's account of their conversation, but police say the men could face charges if they were perpetrating a hoax...
...bombing. And U.S. officials certainly believed at the time that radio communications among the al-Qaeda men defending the caves pointed to bin Laden's presence. But senior Pakistani intelligence sources tell TIME that reports of his presence in the area during the bombing were part of an elaborate hoax designed camouflage bin Laden's real whereabouts...
...correspondence it took you to get there, he writes.) You don't have to respond to every acknowledgment or thank-you note. Oh, and before you forward a virus warning to everyone you know, Ellwood advises, check with your system administrator to see whether it's a hoax...
...report reached Washington last Wednesday, it triggered a series of White House meetings and secure teleconferences among top Bush Administration officials. There was plenty of skepticism. And no one wanted to upset the banking sector with an unnecessary alert. (A warning issued the previous Monday was traced to a hoax perpetrated by a Dutch teenager...
...deep, with officials debating, as one put it, "How do you we know he's not just jerking us around? You can make a case either way." Moreover, the banking community wouldn't take kindly to a yet another warning. One issued the previous Monday and based on a hoax perpetrated by a Dutch teenager, had shut some banks' doors...