Scammers exploit grief with fake funeral streaming on Facebook
Fraudsters use everything from social engineering with human authentication pages to impersonating government agencies to deceive users. There would be limits to their tactics, certainly you would think they wouldn't use someone's death to deceive those who are grieving. Unfortunately, that's incorrect. A new scam has surfaced where malicious actors claim to offer video streaming […]
Doctor disguises himself as nurse to poison his mother’s partner with fake Covid vaccine
A British doctor pleaded guilty on Monday to trying to kill his mother's partner by disguising himself as a nurse and injecting the victim with a poisonous substance, telling the victim it was a coronavirus vaccine. Thomas Kwan, 53, wore a wig and beard when he administered a fake coronavirus vaccine to Patrick O'Hara on […]
Director Adam McKay Writes Fake Presidential Speech Declaring ‘National Climate Emergency,’ Begs Biden to Deliver It
Hollywood director Adam McKay took the unusual step of writing a speech for President Joe Biden declaring a “national climate emergency” in light of Hurricanes Helen and Milton. Adam McKay — Director Deputy and Netflix's climate change satire don't look up – Urging Biden to deliver this one-sided speech “as soon as possible in a […]
Russia’s ‘Merchant of Death,’ Now a Politician, Calls Reports of Returning to Arms Trade ‘Fake News’
'Merchant of Death' Russian legendary arms dealer Viktor Bout to be released in December 2022 under President Joe Biden's bias prisoner exchange WNBA star Brittney Griner on Monday claimed that U.S. media reports about her return to the arms trade are “fake news” and clickbait. Bout made the announcement to Russia's state-run TASS news agency. […]
Kamala Harris called out for 'cringe' fake accent at Detroit rally
Fox News contributor David Webb reacts as Columbia University students return to campus, anti-Israel protests and Kamala … source
Don’t fall for fake dentists offering veneers and other dental work on social media
WASHINGTON — If your teeth are stained or chipped, you may consider veneers, customized tooth coverage that can restore your photo-perfect smile without extensive dental work. but dentist warns The enhancement of these expensive cosmetic products is at the heart of an alarming online trend in which unqualified practitioners without proper training or supervision are […]
Two men scam Apple out of $2.5 million in fake iPhone scheme
Federal authorities say two men tricked Apple into shipping them thousands of iPhones worth $2.5 million by asking them to repair fake iPhones. Haotian Sun, a Chinese citizen living in Baltimore, and Pengfei Xue, who also immigrated from China and settled in Germantown, Maryland, ran what federal authorities called a “sophisticated” scheme to sell Apple. […]
Elon Musk’s mom tells followers to use fake names to vote
Elon Musk's mother has been accused of encouraging people to commit voting fraud, and her own son's social media site X flagged her posts as “illegal.” May Musk, 76, posted an outrageous comment in response to the billionaire's son telling his followers it's “very important that all your friends and family register to vote.” May […]
Amazon Pulls Kim Porter Memoir About Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Her Children Say Is Fake
(AP) – Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it has removed from its site a memoir purporting to tell the story of late actor and model Kim Porter's abusive relationship with her longtime partner, a hip-hop mogul. Sean “Diddy” Combs. Porter and Combs' children claimed the book, titled “Kim's Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, From the […]
Furries and fake babies: The worst of TikTok
As TikTok grows in popularity, so too does the eccentricity of its users. And what some of them have posted for the world to see is a little disturbing, to say the least. One TikTok user is using the platform to document her travels with a life-like baby doll she named “Peach.” “Today was the […]