Google puts up false deaths

Lucas. A has posted 'sick' messages, through Google's People Finder, leaving many families distraught over their 'dead' relatives. The poster said that Brian Hickebottom had died in the tsunami, leaving his friends and relatives feeling melancholy. Fortunately for his family, Hickebottom had taken refuge in a school he and his wife work in. "We'd had a spam email saying he was dead and we were very distressed. I came home to be with my parents, but luckily Brian and his family are safe and it was just some sick person." On the bad side,  the Hickebottoms were not the only ones hit by potentially corrupt information. Commentators tell viewers not to believe everything they read. Someone going by the name 'Canadian Friend' responds to a post by a US marine, Justan Browning, which said he had died when a building collapsed, wrote: "I have seen several false reports that people are deceased. It is disgusting, don't give up hope. Call your government to verify the above report." The foreign office is currently unable to confirm the number dead or missing, and any concerned friends or relatives are advised to contact it.