SAPS email a hoax
An e-mail containing a photograph of a decapitated body of a boy and urging people to contact the police child protection unit is a hoax, police said on Wednesday. "The latest hoax e-mail contains disturbing photographs of the body of an unknown decapitated boy," said the SAPS.
The e-mail then apparently urges people to add their name to a list and submit it to police.
However police said the email address it is meant to be sent to – [email protected] – does not exist.
The SAPS said it had no involvement in the compilation or distribution of hoax e-mails.
Hoax e-mails about the closure of child protection units, kidnappings, rapes and HIV/Aids have been circulating since 1995.
"The main and only aspect which has changed over the years, is the severity of the false information," said SAPS.
The SAPS urged people not to forward this e-mails to family, friends or police.
"This results in a waste of valuable time which could be utilized to attend to serious and urgent matters."
The police said the protection of children remained a priority in its service.
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