Rumors went wild after fake news site FakeAWish.com generated the headline, "Will Smith dies after falling from cliff in New Zealand, few weeks after new year.
A similar frenzy happened when Twitter user @originalcjizzle tweeted, "RT @CNN: Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has passed away in his Burbank home.
This made their fan taking to Facebook, Twitter and other social media to express their condolence.
Simple Google search revealed that no credible news organization
backed up the story.
Both incidents were exposed as hoaxes after a simple search.
The hoax suggested that Smith fell from a cliff while performing a stunt during the shooting of his latest movie in New Zealand.
It read, "Actor Will Smith died while filming a movie in New Zealand
early this morning - January 19, 2014."
This "hoaxes" actually worked consedring the type of movie these people involve in.
Lesson
Research your news properly before spreading it.
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