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The fire brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax .

A little over five minutes later, we read a report that a similar text had gone out in the Philipines, and that it turned out to be a hoax.

We all left the building after a telephone caller said there was a bomb, but it was just a hoax.

The consensus seems to be that the paper itself is real rather than some sort of hoax, but the result may well turn out to be wrong.

"As it turns out, it was a hoax, " admitted the author in a statement posted on the website of his magazine, La Regle du Jeu.

Many prominent British scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and pelt, in 1798.

It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.

There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.

However, the last airline did not find any explosives and that the suspected hoax calls.

Per the Zetas, admitting that it was all a hoax, a part of the Planet X cover-up, would be just too humiliating.

Mr Cohen, 40, said: 'This could be an elaborate hoax, however the possibility that this might be a genuine alien should not be discounted.

After seeing this extraordinary show, Mr Melikian wrote an inflammatory review, insinuating that the discovery could have been a hoax.

"A jolly good hoax, Lu, " he said as he came out again; "you have really taken us in, I must admit. We half believed you. "

The family, which had repeatedly denied that the incident was a hoax, declined to answer questions Sunday morning.

By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.

The ombudsman's office said the authorities at first thought they were dealing with a hoax.

Though the book has been completely discredited as a hoax and forgery, it is still in print and remains widely circulated around the world.

He made a hoax call pretending to be the boss.

Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.

If it is a hoax, then it would be the best of all hoaxes.

They think the hole was dug by a shovel, and the whole thing was just a hoax.

The latest UFO claim to come out of Siberia comes months after the apparent discovery of an alien's body was revealed as a hoax.

The information the police received had then on a merry-go-round until they realized they were victims of a hoax.

Newspapers in Shanghai and Taiwan ran a nude photo purportedly of Palin that turned out to be a hoax.

The parents have also been barred from making money off the hoax for at least four years.

But many wondered why Beijing, with its Great Firewall, didn't take the sites down and slap the wrists of the authors of the hoax.

That girl has not been found and authorities are investigating whether the call was a hoax.

However, it would appear that it may have been accidental disinformation rather than a hoax per se.

Was it a hoax, a guess or an unauthorized leak?

'It was a malicious hoax, ' he said.

Caroline Elam, a leading scholar on the Renaissance, suggested that the work was "a very skilled, elaborate and expert hoax. "

April fool's day crept up on us once again, and the media was full of made-up stories. Which of the following was a hoax?

I hear the news of his arrival, but it turn out to is a mere hoax.

What an insult to them to say that it was all a hoax.

That the promises of freedom and unity were "empty promises" and the ideal of the American Dream was a complete hoax.

Too bad it's absolutely not affiliated with Engadget or its parent companies (if it is, in fact, real, and not a photoshop or hoax).

Other than the hoaxer's stated reason, to test gullibility, what was the reason for the hoax?

The Half-Human Hybrid hoax is only the latest in a long series of supposedly mysterious photos.

Honey, come here to play the game, I do not want you to continue to play longer. Because, from the very beginning, I knew it was a hoax.

Due to the lack of evidence, existence of Solution B is still questionable and even considered a hoax.

It turned out to be a hoax; the eyewitness was wrong (or he lied).

Once the hoax was discovered, the medical community suffered great embarrassment. . . to put it mildly.

It was right at 20 MHz, so you could pick it up really easily, because they were afraid that people would think it was a hoax, basically.

By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people hed fled from their homes.

By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had fled from their homes.

If it's a virus warning it's probably a hoax, and if it's that funny, most people will already have seen it.

Interesting! Attached is a little background on tiger stripes. . . once I saw the photos I knew the hoax was over. . . R.

In winter, there were unusually large snowstorms in cities like Washington, DC, and people claimed that "global warming" was a hoax.

While Noah's ark found in Turkey would bolster Bible literalists, an American ark-hunter says the latest discovery could be a hoax.

i don't want to tell you, but his accuse of "don't destroy our friendship" is a complete hoax.

Am I forwarding something about a virus or worldwide charity effort or other potential hoax?

This email hoax about Chinese food counterfeiters mass producing fake eggs has been circulating for a number of years.

Officials realized the calls were a hoax after Department of Children and Family Services staffers grilled the caller.

It is also believed to be the first time the medium of television was used to stage an April Fool's Day hoax.

The police have confirmed that the 'balloon boy' incident was a hoax.

Perhaps one reason for the durability of the Moon hoax theory is that it is actually several conspiracy theories wrapped up in one.

Is the Voynich Manuscript evidence of a forgotten civilization, or merely an elaborate hoax?

Some folks are incredulous about the title of my new book, Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax.

Others said they were sure it was a hoax, only to find themselves watching the video again and again.

You might not have been fooled by the hoax, but a lot of people came to see her.

The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.

Researchers who have looked into the claims of the infamous TV program Alternative 3 24 conclude in the main that the show was a hoax.

In fact, the first scientists to examine a specimen believed they were the victims of a hoax.

Police said Tuesday that the man who allegedly made a hoax bomb threat described his deeds as a "prank, " Xinhua reported.

Vasile recognize this is a hoax, because this movement has no roof helmets average.

Almost anyone can admit that when they first heard of the iPhone, they thought it was a hoax.

He tried to throw me out the window, thought I was a hoax planned by the opposition.

"Could this be a hoax? " wondered a commenter under the name Film Noir Anti-Hero.

If you receive an email titled [email virus hoax name here], do not open it!

Yet the supernatural events were never proven, and DeFeo's lawyer later admitted that the story was a hoax.

Expectations that the new Democratic Congress would confront the abstinence-only hoax have proved unfounded.

The discovery has encouraged skeptics who have always believed the pictures were a hoax for financial gain.

The Sky Show will examine and analyse various Moon hoax theories.

You'll probably think it's just a crude hoax from bygone days.

"It's not a hoax, it is absolutely real, " Mr Paoli said, "We were on holiday and our friend Marie Cecile lost her camera. "

Upon receiving an email with the subject line " Fwd : Twin Saves Sister With Telepathy - For Realz! " our first reaction was "HOAX" .

Skeptics contend the shroud is a medieval hoax or forgery - or even a devotional work of artistic verisimilitude .

The colleagues who perpetrated the hoax lost their jobs and reputations over the scandal.

If this is not too elaborate hoax like the specter of the terrible event.

There are several clues that this video is a hoax.

Courteney Cox, Kim Cattrall, Susan Sarandon . . . were they just celebrity front women for an elaborate hoax?

Voynichese may contain no message at all, and the manuscript may simply be an elaborate hoax.

These days, anyone can design a professional-looking Web site, or arrange to send an e-mail that looks authentic but is really a hoax.

Origin: A hoax circulating since 1997, the Gates story is still thriving in various forms.

A Texas soldier was sentenced to three years in prison for a kidnapping hoax.

The Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in southern France has reopened after a temporary evacuation following a hoax bomb alert.

Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke : the hoax .

Anthony Weiner insisted that the incident was a hoax.

Critics have largely rejected the above claims, arguing they are a combination of hoax and urban legend.

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

This is an easy hoax as motion does not need to be generated in computer graphics.

However, online climate change skeptics have seized on the data as proof that global warming is a hoax.

Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims.

The "New Economy" is a hoax like most everything else the bought-and-paid-for-media feeds to Americans.

There are far simpler and less costly ways to attack critical infrastructure, from hoax phone calls to truck bombs and hijacked airliners.

Hoax phone call 'almost took Pakistan to war'A hoax telephone call almost sparked another .

Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet.

He d ism issued it, thinking it was a hoax.

Does anyone have proof of this? pictures or video we wouldn't want another bin laden hoax.

However, critics were suggesting that the UFO can easily be explained - it is a hoax.

An MIT student is facing charges of possessing a hoax device and disturbing the peace.

Another kind of "virus that isn't" is even more annoying: hoax viruses.

Other hoax cases have made headlines lately.

If global warming's a left-wing hoax, Norway is sitting on huge deposits of North Sea oil.

But the email love letter is a horrible hoax and should be deleted.

No one knows whos behind the elaborate hoax.

All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters.

The report, it turned out, was a hoax.

They will use global warming and climate change hoax as tools to trick Americans into paying more taxes than ever before.

The victim of a cruel hoax.

Swiss spaghetti harvest tops the hoax list.

I do not think that the photo is a hoax because the sun position on the disk is on the same side as other objects in the photo.

play a joke on or subject to a hoax.

Alas, it was a hoax.

It was, of course, a hoax.

The US government has said that the video is a hoax.

e. g. He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.

I can see through whatever hoax he chooses to stage.

Not a hoax, just sloppy work.

Did Michael plan his death hoax for a long time?

Its 0 risk free transaction, No scam, No fraud & Hoax, because there are so many imposters now impersonating me.

Don't hoax the new boy who's my nephew.

Something, such as a prank , intended as a hoax or joke; a spoof.

To deceive OR cheat by using a hoax.

A lie or hoax; a deception.

Setup: n. A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.

It's an obvious hoax.

Of course the moon landing was hoax!

this is a hoax , right ? i mean , this is clem.

hoax: an act that is meant to trick or deceive people.

To skeptics, this is evidence of hoax[1] or error.

Will this be occurring soon and is this occurrences in Siberia and Russia real or hoax ?

Are you certain that it isn't a hoax?

The boss hoax set off a strike by workers last year.

Off across the whole country. By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax,

Once again, as with the Norway spiral, videos and photos from more than one source, but is this a hoax?

It turned out to be a hoax and caused angry customers to loot the store,

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

Authorities: 'Balloon boy' incident was a hoax

The police debunked the hoax,

humbug n. something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud

An elaborate hoax To stage an elaborate joke

This is not a joke, this is not a hoax

we know all about the hoax