Appeal to find parents of man born in Warrington is a hoax

A post on Facebook, shared more than 500 times, falsely claims to be from a man named “John Ederson” from Warrington who is looking for his birth parents. 

The post, which was shared to a Warrington “buy and sell” group says: “Hello my name is john Ederson. I was born here  in warrington February 24 in 1979 looking for my birth mother or father. 

“My father’s name is Jonathan M Ederson and my mother’s name Gazelle S Ederson she was only 17 at time of my birth. My father used to be a mechanic and my mother used to work at a supermarket. That’s all info I have. Please bump this post and help me reunite with my family[sic].” 

This is not a real appeal. Besides the fact that the name of the profile that posted the appeal is not “John Ederson”, both…