AMBER ALERT HOAX

Bonnyville Mounties say a bogus Amber Alert is being spread by text message.

Police there said they've taken several calls today over an Amber Alert claiming a three-year-old child had just been abducted in Bonnyville by someone driving a silver truck. The text message also provided a license plate number for the truck.

Mounties said there's been no such abduction, the license plate number does not exist, and Amber Alerts are not issued by text message.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/2009/07/15/10146031.html

Here's the amber alert, which is still circulating...
<<<<>>>> OSHAWA - 3 YEAR OLD GIRL TAKEN BY MAN DRIVING NEWER SILVER TRUCK PLATE # 72B381 . [Please keep this going - copy and paste this amber alert into your status. It could be your child or sibling, her parents would very much appreciate it and your post could lead to her being found.]

I don't know about anyone else but that's a sick thing to joke about.

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