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Man plagued with calls of missing girl hoax email
A FATHER from Woking has received hundreds of phone calls after he forwarded on a hoax email about a missing girl.
Micheal Tuck, 57, was first sent the email by a concerned friend in January 2009.
The email shows an emotive picture of a happy 3 year old girl leaning against a tree, the text above claims her name is Reachelle Marie Smith it reads: "If your child was missing wouldn't you pray that everyone passed it on???"
Mr Tuck a construction manager with three daughters of his own accidentally left his details on the email when he sent it to various friends.
His details now appear as the contact on every email that is sent.
Mr Tuck said: "I thought it was genuine at first there was a website about her and everything.
"I am a father myself and I thought if that was my daughter I'd want to find her.
"When it turned out to be a hoax I did some investigating and it turns out that the photo on the email is at least four years old and originates from North America.
"I've received hundreds of calls since last year.
"I've thought of changing my number but I'd rather talk to people and explain that it is a hoax than let this carry on.
"Most of the phone calls I get are in goodwill but I've had some really disturbing ones.
"A girl rang up once and was shouting 'Daddy, Daddy,' down the phone, someone else rang up and said 'I've got her' and then hung up."
"There are some sick people out there."
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