Girl, 8, has NOT vanished after getting into stranger's car in Milton Keynes

The post shows a picture of the curly-haired little girl and gives her name is Alice.

It states: “A little girl from Milton Keynes vanishes after getting into a stranger’s car. Help recognise stranger on video”

Another post says: "Eight-year-old girl kidnapped on Sunday. Do you recognize kidnapper? (See video)”

The post have caused parents to panic and been shared hundreds of times on social media

But the Citizen can reveal that the story is totally false - and, in fact, takes people to a website that attempts to gather their Facebook password.

Today independent fact-checking charity Full Fact is warning people not to click on the link to the video, which is actually from an incident that happened in India.

The article headline appears to have been adapted for many different UK locations, with claims that the girl has been abducted from Salisbury, Weymouth, Watford, Buxton and Aylesbury as well as MK.. Different versions use pictures of two different girls.

A Full Fact spokesman said: "There are multiple clues that this story has been falsified in order to trick people into giving their Facebook details.

He added: "Clicking on the links lead to articles from a Polish domain with multiple inconsistencies and grammatical errors. Some versions of the article claim that a girl called Alice was abducted in both March and January (others says February), they say she was abducted in an area referred to only as “downtown”, and they include a quote from a police “Captain”, a rank that does not exist in UK police forces.

"The article is also notably missing any of the information that would typically be in a news story, such as details about the family, the specific area in which it happened, or the police force involved."

The comments at the bottom of the article, which are designed to look like Facebook profiles, also lead to Polish domain sites, rather than Facebook accounts.

The webpage has also been flagged by Google as a phishing attempt.

The spokesman added: "The article asks for people to watch CCTV footage of the apparent incident, but only after supposedly confirming their age through Facebook. Clicking this takes you to another page on the Polish website, designed to look like a Facebook login page, which asks you to enter your login details.

"You should never give your Facebook password to a website other than Facebook. (You can check the website address in your browser’s address bar to see if it says 'facebook.com'.)

"Facebook has tips on how to keep your account secure. When in doubt, type www.facebook.com into your browser to get to Facebook.”