Egypt tries to hang up on killer SMS rumours
Summary
March 25, 2009: The Egyptian government has tried to dispel rumors that an SMS is spreading around Egypt "from unknown foreign quarters" which kills those who read it. According to the rumors, this SMS has already killed a man from Mallawi (south of Cairo) who "died vomiting blood,followed by stroke" shortly after reading the message.
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- This could be an example of a meme that kills - thus, it could perhaps be transmitted by other means than SMS.
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