Greenpeace plays Shell games Jul 18 An elaborate Greenpeace hoax hopes to draw attention to Shell Oil Co.’s push to drill in the Arctic. [View the story "Greenpeace plays Shell games" on Storify] Greenpeace plays Shell games Elaborate hoax hopes to draw attention to Shell Oil Co.’s push to drill in the Arctic. Storified by Erica Smith · Wed, Jul 18 2012 09:22:30 The “you’re doing it wrong” cries were heard across Twitter after an account that appeared to belong to Shell Oil Co. sent the following tweets: PLEASE DO NOT RETWEET ANY OF OUR TWEETS. They are intended for their @ recipients only!Social Media Team WE’RE FLATTERED BY THE ATTENTION BUT PLEASE STOP. We’d hate to get the #Shell legal team involved.Social Media Team The @ShellIsPrepared account and its associated website are part of an elaborate hoax by environmental activist group Greenpeace. Shell "Let’s Go" campaign a brilliant, elaborate hoax [UPDATED]Environmental activists Greenpeace conducted an elaborate online hoax to draw attention to the the oil company Shell’s push to drill in p… (Don’t feel bad if you fell for it: So did UPI. Read their original story at the link above.) Greenpeace said it created the Arctic Now hoax, including the website and @ArcticReady Twitter account. Greenpeace, the Yes Men and the inside story of #ShellFailLast Thursday somebody on Youtube called "kstr3l" posted a video from his phone of a Shell PR event gone horribly, hilariously wrong. By … Shell is NOT associated with the stunt Twitter feeds @Shell_Alaska or @Shell_US. More information here: http://tinyurl.com/c3kp4hgArctic Ready The Greenpeace press release does not include the @ShellIsPrepared account, which began tweeting on July 16, mostly promising Twitter users that it was attempting to remove images from the Arctic Ready website while linking to the fake website.@Shell_Alaska and @Shell_US are official Shell Twitter accounts. Shell is NOT associated w/a recent ad contest nor the website it’s on. Get more information here: http://j.mp/LWqFdtShell Alaska