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A website ‘United Media Publishing (UMP)’ published an article on 14^th August 2015 and reported including a title ‘Obama Orders 2350 U.S dollars Tax Rebate in November’. The IRS director John Koskinen was redirected by the U.S President Barak Obama that agency should prepare for one of the biggest cash refund/ rebate hand-outs in the organization’s history. The U.S President has authorized the IRS director by an executive order that a rebate tax of 2350 U.S dollars to be issued to every U.S citizen who has submitted a tax return documents in the financial year 2014, either they paid or not paid taxes. The IRS representative also confirmed that the first tax refund checks will be forwarded by the mail on 12^th November 2015.

The ‘United Media Publishing’ website initially claimed that this process could not attract more attention on the social media. The highlighted portion of the republished article put a new life into the practical joke in the early days of November 2015. Most of the U.S readers were much hopeful that they will collect unexpectedly 2350 U.S dollars and it would be a handsome gift on the Christmas occasion. We found that the ‘United Media Publishing’ is considered as a false news website. This site doesn’t have any disclaimer to identify about its contents as false news. This website also published some fake news such as a story about thousands of Christian couples submitting for divorce and protested against the decision or Supreme Court on gay marriage and Charles Manson death prank.