{"id":3363,"date":"2025-08-08T18:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:35:59","slug":"this-approximately-2-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3363","title":{"rendered":"This approximately 2-year-old boy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Viral Facebook Post About \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper\u201d Rescuing a Child Is a Hoax<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen a viral Facebook post about a heroic deputy rescuing a bruised child, be warned\u2014it\u2019s entirely fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These emotional posts, often shared in community groups, show photos of an injured child and claim \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper\u201d found the boy alone and is searching for his family. The posts urge readers to \u201cshare widely\u201d to help\u2014but it\u2019s a fabricated story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Police Confirm It Never Happened<\/strong><br>West Mercia Police in the UK have confirmed no such incident occurred and that no officer named Tyler Cooper exists in their force. Norfolk Constabulary also denied the story, adding that \u201cdeputy\u201d isn\u2019t even a rank in their department. Authorities agree: the post is 100% false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Part of a Larger Facebook Scam Trend<\/strong><br>This isn\u2019t just a one-time hoax. It\u2019s part of a growing tactic where scammers post fake heartwarming or tragic stories to go viral. Once the post gains traction, they edit it to include links to shady products, scams, or affiliate marketing schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These edited posts may promote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspicious cashback sites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dubious health products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fake real estate offers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Viral Facebook Post About \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper\u201d Rescuing a Child Is a Hoax If you\u2019ve seen a viral Facebook post about a heroic deputy rescuing a bruised child, be warned\u2014it\u2019s entirely fake. These emotional posts, often shared in community groups, show photos of an injured child and claim \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper\u201d found the boy alone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}