As a massive blaze engulfed a London high-rise overnight,Hot Movies Archives the usual trolls began spamming social media with photos of fake missing people, in a similar fashion to what happened in the aftermath of the Manchester terror attack.
SEE ALSO: London tower residents repeatedly blogged about fire safety — but were ignoredThis time, Mexican trolls were particularly active in targeting the freelance journalist Andrea Noel, who was previously harassed online after sharing a video of a man assaulting her on the street.
The Twitter user @Sir_Thomaas posted a picture of Noel claiming she was missing:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Noel was also wrongly included in a collage of missing people after the Manchester attack, which went viral and even featured in some media reports:
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At the time she said she believed her inclusion was deliberate and linked to her online harassment:
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But @Sir_Thomaas didn't stop with Noel.
He shared the following fake story, below:
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He also uploaded and retweeted other photos of fake missing people, like this one of a viral video star from Mexico known as El Pirata de Culiacán.
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Judging from his Twitter account it's clear that El Pirata was not at the tower:
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Other accounts with content related to Mexican internet culture also made the rounds on Twitter.
For example, the YouTuber Mars Aguirre was falsely reported as missing:
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But she tweeted four hours ago in Spanish which would again indicate that she wasn't at the Grenfell Tower:
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