Putting your iPhone in the microwave will COOK it, not charge it: Apple urges users not to fall for convincing internet hoax... too late for many

Fake advertisements claiming iPhones can be charged by putting them in the microwave have caught out unwary users whose phones have been set on fire or left a smoking ruin when they've tried it.

The hoax:

Never take advice from strangers

The results, as posted by those who tried it

Warning from Apple;

Unfortunately for some, too late.