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Hoaxes, Texted and Tweeted

March 20, 2009 5:06 pm by: Mose Buchele

The Austin area has recently experienced a rash of high profile electronic hoaxes.

A twitter site calling itself Austin PD has been putting out false information about local police activities. Meanwhile, some Austinites have been receiving hoax text messages.

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