scratchycat
02-10-2012, 05:15 PM
This is only one story about the pictures of sick children being misused on Facebook.
A Special Appeal to Facebook Users - Unauthorised Use of Baby Zoe Chambers Photograph (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/zoe-chambers-story.shtml)
One version of a hoax message that is currently circulating rapidly on Facebook features a photograph (right) of baby Zoe Chambers and her mother Julie. The caption on the circulating photograph claims that baby Zoe will receive a free heart transplant if the picture receives 1000 Facebook shares. However, this caption is a blatant lie. Zoe suffered from CHD (congenital heart disorder) and received a heart transplant operation in 2007. Sadly in July 2008 she passed away. Zoe's mother Julie is extremely upset by this cruel and totally unauthorised use of Zoe's picture.
Details of Mr Thoms, his scam and the nefarious use of the picture, have been passed to the police. I have also reported him to the web hosting company of the three domains registered to him and am still awaiting updates.
The continued circulation of Zoe's photograph as part of this absurd hoax is causing great distress to Zoe's mother Julie. If you see this photo in use anywhere on Facebook, apart from among the profile pictures of Julie Chambers, please report it.
Garen Thoms runs the following three websites, each of which have a message stating one should "Like" the page or wait a random number of seconds before seeing the content - which in one case is nothing more than a default template.
You're About To Learn Secrets That Most Network Marketers (http://www.automaticalsponsoring.com)
Home - Free Credit Guy (http://www.freecreditguy.com)
Make Money Online With The Free Credit Guy (http://www.garenthoms.com)
A whois lookup on each of those domains reveals the following details:
Thoms, Garen
Shaw Park Lime Bottom
Ocho Rios P.O Box 840, ST Ann 99999
Jamaica
1-876-398-9339
garenhotboy@yahoo.com
Interestingly - his scam page offering "free digicel credit" (Digicel being a cell phone provider in Jamaica) has resurfaced with a new name and he is claiming he had to take it down and remove the name "digicel" but a more probable reason why is the mass reporting of the site by people in support of Julie.
One of the newspaper articles where the photo was stolen from:
Heart transplant for British toddler who suffered six heart attacks
Newspaper articles reporting on Zoe's passing:
Heart transplant child Zoe Chambers has died
Transplant girl who had six heart attacks before she was 18 months old loses battle for life
They are asking to please help spread the word.
A Special Appeal to Facebook Users - Unauthorised Use of Baby Zoe Chambers Photograph (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/zoe-chambers-story.shtml)
One version of a hoax message that is currently circulating rapidly on Facebook features a photograph (right) of baby Zoe Chambers and her mother Julie. The caption on the circulating photograph claims that baby Zoe will receive a free heart transplant if the picture receives 1000 Facebook shares. However, this caption is a blatant lie. Zoe suffered from CHD (congenital heart disorder) and received a heart transplant operation in 2007. Sadly in July 2008 she passed away. Zoe's mother Julie is extremely upset by this cruel and totally unauthorised use of Zoe's picture.
Details of Mr Thoms, his scam and the nefarious use of the picture, have been passed to the police. I have also reported him to the web hosting company of the three domains registered to him and am still awaiting updates.
The continued circulation of Zoe's photograph as part of this absurd hoax is causing great distress to Zoe's mother Julie. If you see this photo in use anywhere on Facebook, apart from among the profile pictures of Julie Chambers, please report it.
Garen Thoms runs the following three websites, each of which have a message stating one should "Like" the page or wait a random number of seconds before seeing the content - which in one case is nothing more than a default template.
You're About To Learn Secrets That Most Network Marketers (http://www.automaticalsponsoring.com)
Home - Free Credit Guy (http://www.freecreditguy.com)
Make Money Online With The Free Credit Guy (http://www.garenthoms.com)
A whois lookup on each of those domains reveals the following details:
Thoms, Garen
Shaw Park Lime Bottom
Ocho Rios P.O Box 840, ST Ann 99999
Jamaica
1-876-398-9339
garenhotboy@yahoo.com
Interestingly - his scam page offering "free digicel credit" (Digicel being a cell phone provider in Jamaica) has resurfaced with a new name and he is claiming he had to take it down and remove the name "digicel" but a more probable reason why is the mass reporting of the site by people in support of Julie.
One of the newspaper articles where the photo was stolen from:
Heart transplant for British toddler who suffered six heart attacks
Newspaper articles reporting on Zoe's passing:
Heart transplant child Zoe Chambers has died
Transplant girl who had six heart attacks before she was 18 months old loses battle for life
They are asking to please help spread the word.