Our close call with crafty scammer posing as Microsoft support
Microsoft support scams are probably the oldest type of online scam and are still as dangerous as they were a decade ago, but scammers now have access to better technology, AI tools, and advanced hardware. Now it's probably even more dangerous. We've reported these scams countless times, but “Bob” in Washington DC forwarded a new […]
Beware of fraudsters posing as government officials trying to steal your cash
Identity fraud is something scammers often use to steal your hard-earned money, and the latest technique involves posing as a government official. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning that scammers are attempting to impersonate agency employees and ask people to make wire transfers, cash transfers, spend virtual currency, or […]
Country star Keith Urban talks posing for Playgirl early in his career on recent podcast episode
Keith Urban receives two Father's Days Keith Urban said his native Australia celebrates Father's Day on a different day than it does in the United States, so he dedicates two days to Father's Day. In 2001, Keith Urban was willing to “do anything” to get his career back on track, including posing for Playgirl. On […]
Woman posing as interested buyer swipes Porsche, runs over owner
A Canadian woman has been arrested after she was caught on doorbell video pretending to be interested in a Porsche, stealing the car, then running over the owner's driveway while making her getaway, police said. According to Peel Regional Police, Sarah Badshaw, 18, was arrested on multiple charges including dangerous driving resulting in injury to […]
GOP congresswoman says Dem operative posing as ally sent anti-Semitic, sexual texts in bizarre oppo scheme
Several Republican lawmakers have accused liberal political action committees of posing as GOP staffers to extract potentially damaging information from officeholders and raise funds for Democrats, and text messages targeting female lawmakers, according to information obtained by Fox News Digital, have contained anti-Semitic and sexist slurs. Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she received a […]
Drew Barrymore regrets posing for ‘Playboy’ in ‘chaste’ 1995 shoot, thought it was ‘unlikely to resurface’
After more than 40 years in Hollywood, Drew Barrymore surely has some regrets. in “Highly vulnerable” messages In an Instagram post on Friday, the actress and talk show host reflected on her years in the spotlight, how her tumultuous childhood has influenced the way she parents today and what regrets she still has about her […]
NYC correction officer raped woman after posing as TV bigwig: DA
Prosecutors said Monday that a city corrections officer is accused of raping a 20-year-old woman at her Queens home in March while posing as a television producer helping her land an acting job. The Queens District Attorney's Office announced that Rikers Guard Anthony Martin Jr., 32, has been charged with first-degree rape after he allegedly […]
Russian basketball team facing lawsuit from Colombia for allegedly posing as its national team
The Colombian Basketball Federation has announced that it will take legal action against an independent Russian basketball team for allegedly using the name and uniform of the Colombian national team. The team is competing in the Russian Friendship Cup tournament in Perm, which features Russian amateur teams unofficially representing various national teams. The Colombian federation […]
Chinese-American posing as pro-democracy activist spied on dissidents for Beijing: ‘The plot of a spy novel’
A Chinese-American academic was found guilty in a Brooklyn court on Tuesday after being found to have worked as an illegal agent for Beijing. Wang Shujun, a pro-democracy activist who founded a New York pro-democracy group, used his position to spy on dissidents and share information with the Chinese government for more than a decade. […]
Fake therapist duped hundreds of patients by posing as social worker wife: records
A Florida woman posed as a therapist online and offered counseling services to hundreds of Americans for what may have been two years, but the practice was only discovered after her death, state health department records show. Tammy G. Heath Randolph, 58, deceived patients with the help of her wife, Peggy A. Randolph, a real-life […]