Who is Jayden K Smith? Facebook hoax fools users worldwide

A message warning people not to accept friendship requests from an unknown 'hacker' is going viral

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Facebook users are being tricked into a sharing a hoax message, warning them not to accept friendship requests from "Jayden K Smith".

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