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‘Weekly Press’ Gets Punk’dHave you gotten the Ashley Flores email yet? Oh, come on. Really? Okay, here’s the deal: Since sometime early last month, an email was circulated that said 13-year-old Ashley Flores was missing. It included a heartwrenching quote from her mother, a description of her father’s job (an Acme deli manager) and a photo of the girl. Only problem, of course, is that it’s a hoax. No such girl has been reported missing in Philadelphia. Why someone starts such a lame chain letter — it doesn’t even include a “if you don’t forward this to 15 people in the next two days you will die!” — we can only speculate. But, we can hope that people check things out, don’t forward along emails and certainly don’t send them to newspapers. But, of course, we can also hope that the newspapers would check the story first, with at least a quick Google search or hopefully a call to the police, or…. oh.
Well, at least the paper can’t be accused of trying to hide the error. You can get a larger scan, plus another letter the Press ran, by clicking here. Front Page [Weekly Press] |
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A recent e-mail about the same picture said it was of a girl from somewhere in Wisconsin.
About 4 years ago there was also an e-mail about a missing 9 year old daughter of a department manager of a Wal-Mart store in South Carolina. I dont remember the picture, but the difference between the missing SC girl and the Wisconsin/Phladelphia girl is 4 years. Coincidence?????
Hey,
I am soooo ticked off at people that use the one tool that can get a message out fast….What if a kid does come up missing? People will think twice before passing that info along and who really wants to have to check with another source as we have so much other things to do !
I feel that things like that should get charged with a misdemeanor.Somewhere there has to be a line drawn and be said ” You have the right to say what you want ,but when you mislead in such manor you need to pay” .
I’ve gotten so many made-up Amber alerts that I always google the child’s name before I pass them along. Guess how many I’ve passed along since I started checking into them… zero. Someone needs to find a better use for all the extra time they seem to have on their hands.
i hope one day if god blesses you with a child, your child doesnt come up missing and people ignore the real message that your child is missing because theyve came across these kind of hoaxes that you put out. you should be charged with some kind of legal action.
I just received an email today about Ashley Flores. It says that she is from Rolla Missouri. Before finding out if it was true, I sent it on.
I have 3 children of my own. I would do anything to find one of them.
I think that the people who are continuing this ‘prank’ should be found and be prosecuted.
I just received an email about Evan Trembley, same wording as for Ashley Flores. I wish there were a way to track down who started this hoax & prosecute them! This is really a shame for these parents who really are missing a child. Many of us now will think it is a hoax as well and not pass it along, I know I won’t anymore. This is a prime example of how we pass along viruses!!
This is still going around. I just received it from a friend and checked on the net first (have forwarded one too many that later turned out to be fakes.) I agree with a previous poster - being able to use texting to get out a REAL Amber alert is a wonderful tool - whomever is making up the false ones and thinks it a good time needs mental help. Nothing is funny about a missing child!!!