Some U.S. military personnel or their families stationed in South Korea received fake messages claiming they had to evacuate immediately, military officials confirmed.
The hoax was sent out Thursday to mobile phones and Facebook accounts of multiple U.S. servicemembers or their families. The message said an order for a noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) has been issued.
“On Thursday, 21 September 2017, multiple reports indicated a fake NEO alert had been issued to multiple servicemembers and spouses in the Republic of Korea,” read a message posted Thursday on the 8th Army’s Facebook page.
The official page of U.S. Forces Korea also confirmed the notice, writing on Facebook: “We received multiple reports of a fake text-to-cell and social media message regarding a ‘real world noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) order issued’ which instructed DoD family members and non-emergency essential DoD civilians on the Korean peninsula that an evacuation order had been issued.” – READ MORE
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