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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…

Several Facebook posts being shared to local community groups claim to be someone searching for their birth parents. But the posts are fake.

One post, which appears in a Nottingham and Nottinghamshire car sales group and has almost 2,000 shares, says: “Hello my name is Javier Thomas. I was born here in Nottingham  June 17 1993 looking for my birth mother or father. Mother’s name is Cathy M Evans and she was only 16 at the time of my birth. That’s all info I have. Please bump this post and help me reunite with my family.I really need them at this point of my life. [sic]”

There are multiple posts that have almost identical text but use different names, dates and locations. These posts appear in community groups across the UK, including Lurgan Town in Northern…