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Selah School District parents were made aware of a social media hoax this morning.

You may see a website getting shared around saying that they're filming parts of the new Star Wars film in Issaquah and are in need of 'hundreds of extras'. I'm here to say, "no, no they are not." Sorry.

After the viral video of a girl catching on fire in a twerking gone wrong demonstration, we should have expected something else to come up from Jimmy Kimmel. This one hasn't quite gained the viral popularity as the aforementioned video, but the players involved in the hoax are much more known. American luger Kate Hansen tweeted a video of an apparent wolf in the hall way of her dorms in Sochi. It

The viral video of the day, which was posted yesterday, on the golden eagle swooping down to snatch up a baby in a park, may be a hoax.

Many are receiving calls asking you to donate to an Amber Alert program. This may be a scam as Washington State Patrol doesn't rely on public donations for the Amber Alert system.

Another hoax is starting to pop up about John Cena being dead from a wrestling move delivered by The Rock. John Cena isn't dead - don't believe it.

By now, you've probably realized that last Wednesday's record-breaking Powerball "winner" who offered $1 million to random person on Facebook was a phony, but there may be a silver lining for a young lady here in our state.

One of the foibles of all the technology and social media we have available to each and every one of us is that it is very easy to perpetuate a fraud. Just like the one that is currently circulating on Facebook regarding Powerball winner Nolan Daniels.