hoax call
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- The fire station received a hoax call about a non-existent fire.
- Police received a hoax call reporting a fire at the old factory.
- Making a hoax call to the emergency services is a serious criminal offense.
- Making a hoax call to the emergency services can have serious consequences.
- The police are warning the public about a recent spate of hoax calls.
- The station was evacuated after a hoax call about a bomb.
- Authorities are trying to trace the source of the hoax call that caused the panic.
- She was charged with wasting police time for making a hoax call.
- It turned out that the bomb threat was just a hoax call from a disgruntled teenager.
- They traced the hoax call back to a public phone booth.
- Wasting emergency resources with a hoax call can endanger lives.
- A series of hoax calls disrupted operations at the call center.
- The dispatcher's training helped her quickly identify the report as a hoax call.
- Please don't make a hoax call; it diverts resources from real emergencies.
- Anyone caught making a hoax call will face severe legal consequences.
- The children admitted to making a hoax call as a prank.
- The school was evacuated after receiving a hoax call about a gas leak.
- Investigating every hoax call puts a strain on emergency services.
- He thought it was a funny prank, but the police treated the hoax call very seriously.
- The system was designed to filter out malicious hoax calls.