The Dutch police made a painful mistake this week when sending out a text message calling for witnesses of a house fire in Nieuwleusen to report to the police. Instead of a link to the police website, the message contained a link to a porn site.
This morning, the police sent a targeted SMS bomb, a message to all people who were in a certain area at a given time. In this case it concerned possible witnesses of a house fire on July 14 in Nieuwleusen in which a 22-year-old man died (no laughing matter there). His 16-year-old brother is suspected of lighting the fire.
Als de #Politie nou gewoon in normaal Nederlands een SMS had verstuurd, hadden de inwoners van #Nieuwleusen geen #pornolinkje gekregen. https://t.co/AB1fXvBCzW
— Sander Lelieveld (@sanderlelieveld) August 8, 2019
The police regret linking to the website Chubby Parade
The police say they regret the mistake. “This error occurred because an SMS has a maximum number of characters,” a spokesperson explains to RTV Oost. “Because our SMS was apparently too long, a number of characters from the link have disappeared. Very unfortunate, because the new link will lead you to a porn website. Fortunately, you will first see a warning.”
But then, yes people, we’re getting there, the link takes you to something very naughty. The Chubby Parade! If you must, here’s the link: bit.ly/2Kncj
thanks warren76.
The police have now sent a new text message with the correct link. Two letters have been added to the URL.
Sure police, sure…