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The threat, which has popped up on forwarded e-mails and blog posts [VIN News did not report this threat as we felt that the email circulating had no credibility, although dozens of our readers asked us to cover it.] across the world, warns of an attack in New York today. It says the warning originated with a Muslim cab driver who told a Jewish woman he picked up of a Jan. 7 plot.
"There is no terror plot or threat connected to the rumor that is circulating in New York and in other cities abroad," said Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne.
"There are several variations on the rumor, but it is just that, the latest urban myth."
City Hall and the NYPD were alerted to the viral message days ago, officials said.
Synagogues across the city have added extra security because of the conflict in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Web site of the Bay Ridge Jewish Center in Brooklyn was hacked by a man calling himself "EL_MuHAMMeD FOR PALESTINE."
Pictures of hooded men launching missiles appeared on the center's site.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:33 AM Anonymous Says:
so this women just fabricated this story? no cab driver, no tip, no women?
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:46 AM Anonymous Says:
I knew its a hoax. I didnt forward that text to anyone
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:48 AM boroparkyenta Says:
There are some people that have nothing better to do with their life.
The next text "going around" is about Sunday, 1/11/09 being the opposite of 9/11/01. My relatives in Bnei Brak called yesterday to voice their concern! They are sitting huddles up with children and grandchildren from Ashdod, and just went through the trauma of last week's rockets, and they are worried about US!
We are not "safe" anywhere, this is golus. We need a miracle! A Yeshua!
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:53 AM Anonymous Says:
hey!! you never know!
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:53 AM yiddishemama Says:
The story is true, my daughter's co-workers friend verified it with her neighbor, to whom it happened to. I just hope this cab driver was properly interrogated and either punished for causing a false uproar, or the matter is properly looked into.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
Her name was mrs Brander former epstien from bendenhurst she was the one that actually gave a tip etc I'm not sure which part is a hoax?
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
“ so this women just fabricated this story? no cab driver, no tip, no women? ”
Um, yes: fabricated, no cab driver, no woman, no nothin'.
A similar hoax was perpetrated around the 9/11 time frame.
See http://www.snopes.com/rumors/warning.asp
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:00 AM supercilious Says:
If I receive such a text why in the worl would I bother to think if its real or a "hoax"??! I just sent it around to be safe...better safe than sorry, yea it might not be credible but if this was a "joke" it was a very dirty one.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:05 AM Anonymous Says:
The more likely version of this story, is that yes, she gave him a tip, but a very measly tip. So, to get back at this Jewish woman, he scared the heck out of her by telling her that there was an immanent threat in NYC.
OK before anyone flames me, I'd like to point out, I'M KIDDING.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:16 AM The Truth Says:
I heard it last week too but knew it was a hoax - its a story thats goes around in various formats - see snopes. The people who I heard it from said "But I heard it from a reliable source" - but they all got it originally from another "reliable source" and the got it from ... until no one ACTUALLY checked it out (come to think of it, sounds lit the Madoff scheme - everyone trusting each other, but no one checks it out).
To #6 - I dont believe any story thats 5 degrees of separation. Do YOU know your daughters, friends, coworkers neighbour? Did you check it out yourself?
To #10 - that sounds a more credible story!
BTW, no arab / muslim attack had ever come with a warning before, other wars/ attacks, but never from muslim terrorists.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:51 AM Anonymous Says:
the time spent forwarding, reading, txting and othewise being consumed by this would have been better spent visiting an elderly neighbor in your building, dropping off a container of soup at a new mother, or even offering to do some errands for someone who could use the help.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:35 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are some people that have nothing better to do with their life.
The next text "going around" is about Sunday, 1/11/09 being the opposite of 9/11/01. My relatives in Bnei Brak called yesterday to voice their concern! They are sitting huddles up with children and grandchildren from Ashdod, and just went through the trauma of last week's rockets, and they are worried about US!
We are not "safe" anywhere, this is golus. We need a miracle! A Yeshua! ”
If it is the opposite of 9/11 then it means that we bomb them into the stone ages.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:35 AM DizzyIzzy Says:
“ The story is true, my daughter's co-workers friend verified it with her neighbor, to whom it happened to. I just hope this cab driver was properly interrogated and either punished for causing a false uproar, or the matter is properly looked into. ”
"The story is true"
1) You
2) Your daughter
3) Co-worker
4) Friend of co-worker
5) Neighbor of friend
And you still think the story is true? Are you serious?
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:05 AM Anonymous Says:
“ the time spent forwarding, reading, txting and othewise being consumed by this would have been better spent visiting an elderly neighbor in your building, dropping off a container of soup at a new mother, or even offering to do some errands for someone who could use the help. ”
the time u spend writing this post u could've done that urself
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:25 AM Jake Says:
I can't believe that people took it seriously, and even asked others to fwd it. I replied to whoever sent me that text: "send me your name and your mother's name, and I'll fwd it to 20 people".
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:14 AM mordy Says:
Crying wolf
This may be the beginning of many more hoaxes to come. When people see how easy it is to scare people le with this they may go ahead and do it more often. This will also help the terrorist finally do have a threat people may not listen because of all the fake ones that came before (as the story of the boy who cried wolf.).
The point of terrorism in most cases is not to inflict the most damage but to inflict the most fear. Just the idea that people don’t know when a real one or a fake threat is coming would be enough to scare people away. Special thanks to VIN news for not publicizing the hoax with a discerning eye to legitimate new and fake news
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:13 AM Anonymous Says:
“ The story is true, my daughter's co-workers friend verified it with her neighbor, to whom it happened to. I just hope this cab driver was properly interrogated and either punished for causing a false uproar, or the matter is properly looked into. ”
Yeah, same thing happened here. My mother's employer's son'n rebbe's sister in law's great aun'ts shaitel macher heard about it from her husband's mechanic's podiatrist's younger sister's accountant's secratery's cousin's dry-cleaner's UPS delivery guy in Lakewood who read about it on a secret web-site for UPS drivers, cab drivers, Meals on Wheel's drivers and other's with top security clearance.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:06 AM ML Says:
You think that for a measly $5.00 tip the muslim would give away his brethren? common the story doesn't make sense....
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:01 AM Gefilte Fish Says:
“ The story is true, my daughter's co-workers friend verified it with her neighbor, to whom it happened to. I just hope this cab driver was properly interrogated and either punished for causing a false uproar, or the matter is properly looked into. ”
"daughter's co-workers friend verified it with her neighbor"
Hmmmm, sounds like a reliable source!
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:07 AM Babishka Says:
If you get a "warning" in an email that tells you to "send this to everyone you know!" but you don't hear it on the news or see it in the reputable Internet sites, THEN IT'S A HOAX.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:36 AM yiddishe bubby Says:
why would a cab driver be privy to this information anyway, get real they don't send out newsletters letting their people know what they are planning.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:32 AM Anonymous Says:
“ You think that for a measly $5.00 tip the muslim would give away his brethren? common the story doesn't make sense.... ”
Are you kidding? How do you think the IDF knows who is in charge of the missle firing, where they live, which buildings house munitions, which house hide tunnel openings etc.
$$$
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:32 AM Anonymous Says:
Maybe the cell phone companies started it to get people to open the message (10 cents) and forward it (10 cents each forward)
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:39 AM Car Nut Says:
The photo of a Tucker motor car labeled "HOAX" shouldn't be missinterpreted.... It was a viable car with innovative features. It was killed by the "Big 3" that now want to get bailed out with taxpayer $$$
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Jan 07, 2009 at 10:44 AM Lock & Load Says:
When my Stupid Immature friend sent this text to me,
I thought to myself why text it to me
send this to Homeland Security
Lock & Load
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Jan 07, 2009 at 11:04 AM Anonymous Says:
“ There are some people that have nothing better to do with their life.
The next text "going around" is about Sunday, 1/11/09 being the opposite of 9/11/01. My relatives in Bnei Brak called yesterday to voice their concern! They are sitting huddles up with children and grandchildren from Ashdod, and just went through the trauma of last week's rockets, and they are worried about US!
We are not "safe" anywhere, this is golus. We need a miracle! A Yeshua! ”
Very true. How do these things get started anyway. One person decides it would be funny and poof??
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Jan 07, 2009 at 11:32 AM Anonymous Says:
“ the time spent forwarding, reading, txting and othewise being consumed by this would have been better spent visiting an elderly neighbor in your building, dropping off a container of soup at a new mother, or even offering to do some errands for someone who could use the help. ”
Query whether anybody's texting skills are so rudimentary as to permit any of those tasks to be performed in the same amount of time.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 11:47 AM YANKEL Says:
I'm disappointed that no one cared enough about me to forward this warning to me.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 11:47 AM TR DICE Says:
“ Maybe the cell phone companies started it to get people to open the message (10 cents) and forward it (10 cents each forward) ”
come on, who doesnt have unlimited texting by now? or atleast a flat rate for a certain amount of texts?
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Jan 07, 2009 at 11:39 AM Anonymous Says:
“ If you get a "warning" in an email that tells you to "send this to everyone you know!" but you don't hear it on the news or see it in the reputable Internet sites, THEN IT'S A HOAX. ”
even news sources pick up hoaxes as "facts", too. It happens all the time. Starting such a rumer is easy, send it to 3 people and they'll send it on, etc. There is no way to see who started it, so there's no reason to even try.
By the way, if you delete the c:\windows folder on your pc, it will run 6.7 times faster, that was posted on cnn and nbc.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 12:07 PM Anonymous Says:
“ There are some people that have nothing better to do with their life.
The next text "going around" is about Sunday, 1/11/09 being the opposite of 9/11/01. My relatives in Bnei Brak called yesterday to voice their concern! They are sitting huddles up with children and grandchildren from Ashdod, and just went through the trauma of last week's rockets, and they are worried about US!
We are not "safe" anywhere, this is golus. We need a miracle! A Yeshua! ”
Why would you writs such a thing? U feel good if every1 will talk about your message?! u should really be arested!
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Jan 07, 2009 at 01:56 PM Anonymous Says:
It could be that this Mrs. Brander really did tip the taxi driver well, and he really did give her this 'tip' back. All the sources could be reliable, except the taxi driver is the one that started the rumor.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 02:42 PM Anonymous Says:
“ even news sources pick up hoaxes as "facts", too. It happens all the time. Starting such a rumer is easy, send it to 3 people and they'll send it on, etc. There is no way to see who started it, so there's no reason to even try.
By the way, if you delete the c:\windows folder on your pc, it will run 6.7 times faster, that was posted on cnn and nbc. ”
lol. deleting c:/windows from your computer is like deleting your computer... what do you want? everyone should delete all files on their computer???
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Jan 07, 2009 at 07:48 PM analyst Says:
since i have recently experinced and realized that sending messages without verification is a real problem in our community, there should be a lesson taken from this story that is:
1) never send a mssg whitout verifieing it first,
2) let the experts decide if its credible or not, dont judge for yourself,
3) if we dont do the 2 above we are playing wolf wolf, which can have serious consequences,
i would suggest and it whould be a good idea to notify the people who started this mssg and ask them to make a chain mssg with this 3 points, in the same way thay did a chain with the threat, so all the people who needs to learn this (beacuse they forward the mssg) will learn this,
it whould be a favor for yourself and for others if you know whom to notify and do it, thanks.
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Jan 07, 2009 at 08:47 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Maybe the cell phone companies started it to get people to open the message (10 cents) and forward it (10 cents each forward) ”
everyone gets unlimited for 10 dollars a month
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Jan 07, 2009 at 09:30 PM Anonymous Says:
Looks like all the texting and emailing worked. Everyone was on alert so the attack was called off.
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Jan 08, 2009 at 12:05 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Looks like all the texting and emailing worked. Everyone was on alert so the attack was called off. ”
EXCELLENT!
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Jan 08, 2009 at 01:17 AM Anonymous Says:
“ EXCELLENT! ”
Forwarned is forearmed we can't be careful enough. We just need to keep davening and doing our tafkid of the day. Aside from that the arabs do this on purpose to then confuse us and catch us unaware' The one above keeps watch every one have a great and good sleep.