FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation – The Hacker News
October 12, 2024Ravi LakshmananCryptocurrency/Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the arrest and indictment of multiple individuals and entities for allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a widespread fraud scheme. Law Enforcement Action – Codename operation token mirror – This is the result of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) taking […]
Obama takes down Trump’s lies and fake ‘strength’, urging men to vote for Harris – US elections live | US elections 2024
President Obama dismisses Trump's lies and false 'strength' – urges men to 'show true strength' and vote for Harris Good morning, readers of the US Politics Blog. We have another busy news day planned and we will keep you updated on all developments. Partisan politics has become even more pervasive in hurricane news, and you […]
North Koreans Are Using AI and Fake IDs to Get Remote Work in West
North Korean engineers are using artificial intelligence and other technologies to defraud foreign governments and companies, obtain jobs overseas and earn U.S. dollars to fund Kim Jong Un's regime, Asia Nikkei Review reported Thursday. According to the Nikkei Shimbun, American intermediaries are helping the North Korean regime obtain foreign currency to fund its weapons program. […]
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. […]