My sister just sent me the fake one in a text 10 mins ago, she thought it just happened. I looked it up and found this article. So annoying, freaking out about something that is a scam! Friggin people...get a life!!!

I've always wondered about real effectiveness of Amber Alerts. Not only are there no reliable figures about the rates of recovery widely available, but the whole tactic seems just one more police encouragement of endless hysteria: very unhealthy.

You would think the real Amber Alert would include a date and time, as well as location.

HINT: Stop forwarding in general. Fake amber alerts are just one way to waste everyone's time. There are plenty of others.

Try googling the next story you're thinking about forwarding. I would bet a lot of money you'll find it listed as an urban legend or spam.

I got a msg on my phone last week about an amber alert for a child taken in saskatoon. of course i passed it on but did some looking around after. nothing was ever reported and i havent heard anything since. i feel dumb about passing it on now but at the time i thought it was a genuine alert.
not cool.

I just got it on Facebook from my mom who had posted it on her status. I was going to pass it on my status and in a chat room, a woman from Toronto told me it was fake and gave me the link for this site to check it out for proof....