The families of US military based in South Korea have received fake orders to evacuate this week in hoax text messages.

Hoeever, in the early hours of Thursday morning, the US Forces Korea Facebook page issued a stark warning to followers instructing them not to follow the order which described a 'real world noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) order'.

In the legitimate message, officials warned: 'USFK did NOT issue this message.

'All DoD family members are reminded to confirm any evacuation-related communications with their service member and unit non-combatant evacuation (NEO) representatives.'

'Anyone receiving this false message should not click any links or open any attachments included in the correspondence,' they said.

Daily Mail