"British police said on Sunday they had arrested a man after a hoaxer posing as a government official emailed relatives of people missing since the Asian tsunami, saying their loved ones had been confirmed dead. The hoaxer, claiming to be from the "Foreign Office Bureau" in Thailand, targeted people who had placed appeals for information about relatives and friends on the Web site of TV station Sky News," reports Reuters.
"Sky News said it was 'disgusted' at the abuse of the message board on its Web site and had contacted police as soon as it was alerted to the hoaxes."
