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Daily Mirror
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Kieren Williams

UNBELIEVABLE: Brits warned never to share missing child facebook posts after autistic boy hoax - The Untold Story

Police have warned Brits not to share ‘missing child’ posts on Facebook as you could be accidentally sharing a scam.

There has been an increase in the hoax posts which claim to be trying to help find a missing kid - similar posts are often shared for missing pets or injured animals.

But the cruel scam is actually a trick to con well-meaning Brits so instead of helping reunite a desperate family you could end up helping a crook profit.

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