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Posted: December 31, 2012 New Jersey State Police have released the 911 call made by a 16-year-old teenager who was the center of a kidnapping hoax. At the beginning of October teenager Kara Alongi caused panic and concern across the nation when she claimed through her Twitter page that she had been the victim of a kidnapping. Police subsequently found the girl following a 911 call she made and allege that the entire kidnapping incident was a hoax. The Clark-Garwood Patch reports that on September 30, Alongi sent out an alarming tweet to her followers saying "There is someone in my house, call 911." The seemingly desperate message caused a stir throughout the Twitter community with the message being retweeted a staggering 30,000 times. The hashtag #HelpFindKara raced through the Twitter site and local police received a barrage of telephone calls from concerned citizens. According to ABC News , authorities later found that Alongi chose to leave her Clark,...

by Victor Barreiro Jr. Posted on 12/31/2012 11:49 AM  | Updated 12/31/2012 2:30 PM 123 Share HOAX AVOIDANCE. If you want to keep your Facebook account secure in 2013, avoid these hoaxes. MANILA, Philippines - With 2012 drawing to a close, it's time to start 2013 right by making sure everyone doesn't fall into the same traps of the previous year. On the Internet, those traps lie in the very places we expect to be safe, such as on your Facebook account. In order to make sure your Facebook account doesn't fall prey to a silly or potentially dangerous hoax this coming 2013, here are two common Facebook hoaxes and the story behind them and one new hoax people should watch out for. Keeping people off your Facebook The first hoax we'll deal with today has everything to do with wanting to make sure prying eyes don't see your Facebook posts. The hoax in question looks like this: I want to stay PRIVATELY connected with y...

Two Australian DJs who made a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge are unlikely to face charges. According to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Australian police say it is "unlikely any charges will be laid" against the 2day FM presenters, who were put through to the ward caring for Prince William's pregnant wife. Indian-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead three days after transferring the call to a colleague at London's King Edward VII's Hospital who divulged details about Kate's recovery from severe morning sickness. Scotland Yard sent a file to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether to pursue charges against presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian. But New South Wales (NSW) state Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas said Scotland Yard had not asked for any further information or to interview the two hosts, who made tearful apologies on television. "Nor do we expect there to be any requests,...

28 December 2012 Last updated at 06:44 ET A number of homes were evacuated in Bangor for a number of hours overnight due to a bomb hoax. Police received a report of a suspicious object at Innishargie Gardens in the Kilcooley estate at about midnight. Army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene and after examining the object they declared it a hoax. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them. Read More @ Source The Arsonists Venom Arsonists - Venom This is a extended version with extra rhymes from Q-Unique...Enjoy [Freestyle] WITHIN MY INTRICATE WEAVE OF BRAIN CELLS I WITHHOLD THE MAIN SPELL TO CAST UPON YOU DEMONS PLOTTIN' AND SCHEMIN', DREAMIN' ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL NEVER OCCUR IN THIS DIMENSION, FAR BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION, THE ILLUSTRATION'S SUSPENDED ANIMATION I PUT YOU ON PAUSE 'CAUSE YOU'RE TOO BUSY BENDIN' RULES WHILE I'M BR...

Britney Spears is at the centre of a hoax paternity scandal after an impersonator pretended to be the younger brother of her ex-husband Kevin Federline and claimed he was the biological father of her oldest son Sean Preston. An impersonator pretending to be her ex brother-in-law Christopher Federline claimed he fathered her eldest son Sean Preston, seven, while seeking a restraining order against the 31-year-old singer, who is currently engaged to Jason Trawick. Hoaxer Jonathan Lee Riches filed a phony lawsuit pretending to be her ex-husband Kevin Federline's younger brother Christopher. According to gossip website RadarOnline.com, he filed court documents last Tuesday (18.12.12) against 'The X Factor' USA judge - who divorced former back-up dancer Kevin in 2006 after three years of marriage with whom she shares sons Sean Preston and Jayden James, six, - calling her 'out of control and a maniac' and claiming she belittled his manhood and threatened to go p...

Britney Spears is at the centre of a hoax paternity scandal after an impersonator pretended to be the younger brother of her ex-husband Kevin Federline and claimed he was the biological father of her oldest son Sean Preston. An impersonator pretending to be her ex brother-in-law Christopher Federline claimed he fathered her eldest son Sean Preston, seven, while seeking a restraining order against the 31-year-old singer, who is currently engaged to Jason Trawick. Hoaxer Jonathan Lee Riches filed a phony lawsuit pretending to be her ex-husband Kevin Federline's younger brother Christopher. According to gossip website RadarOnline.com, he filed court documents last Tuesday (18.12.12) against 'The X Factor' USA judge - who divorced former back-up dancer Kevin in 2006 after three years of marriage with whom she shares sons Sean Preston and Jayden James, six, - calling her 'out of control and a maniac' and claiming she belittled his manhood and threatened to go p...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov refused to answer questions from investigators on Friday in a $ 100-million (62 million pounds) fraud case that has snowballed into the biggest corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin. Serdyukov, who was fired by Putin on November 6, remained silent because his lawyer was unable to attend due to illness, Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee, said in a statement. He will be called in again for questioning on January 11 and remains a witness in a case that is seeking to prosecute his former subordinate Yevgeniya Vasilyeva for fraud and embezzlement over several deals involving Defence Ministry property. The case, one of several sleaze scandals to flare up since Putin's return to the Kremlin for a third term as president in May, has raised questions over how much Serdyukov knew about the suspected fraud. Vasilyeva was charged on November 23 ov...

Two Australian DJs who made a hoax call to a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine are unlikely to face prosecution, police said Friday. Indian-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead three days after transferring the call to a colleague this month at a London hospital who divulged details about Kate's recovery from severe morning sickness. Britain's Scotland Yard sent a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to decide whether to pursue charges against 2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian. But New South Wales state Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas said Scotland Yard had not asked for any further information or to interview the two hosts, who made tearful apologies on television. "Nor do we expect there to be any requests," he was quoted as saying by News Limited newspapers, in comments confirmed by police officials. "There was some initial contact after the death of Jacintha Saldanha but not a lo...

Two Sydney radio jocks who prank-called a London hospital where Prince William's pregnant wife was being treated have been taken off the air after the death of a nurse at the centre of the hoax. Sydney 2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian have been told not to comment on the matter which made international news and has been linked to the death of respected nurse and mother Jacintha Saldanha, 46, on Friday. A statement from 2Day FM's parent company, Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), said it is "deeply saddened by the tragic news". "Chief executive officer Rhys Holleran has spoken with the presenters, they are both deeply shocked and at this time we have agreed that they not comment about the circumstances," the statement said. "SCA and the hosts have decided that they will not return to their radio show until further notice out of respect for what can only be described as a tragedy." Police are not treating Ms Saldanha's...

Purportedly half a million years old and a "missing link" in human evolution, Piltdown Man turned out to be a set of much younger human and ape bones stained to match and look ancient. The "fossil" influenced scientific thinking for some 40 years before the hoax was exposed in 1953. Now, a century after the bogus discovery, researchers aim to finally determine who was responsible. Chris Stringer, an expert on human origins at the Natural History Museum in London, is heading a team of 15 researchers from the museum and several universities to test the forged bones with modern methods. Writing in the latest issue of the weekly science journal Nature, Stringer said the Piltdown case remained relevant not only because of the fascinating question of "whodunit," but because "it is a warning to scientists to keep their critical guard up." He added: "On the positive side it is also an example of the eventual triumph of the scientific method....

Scotland Yard has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to the hoax call made to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead after she transferred the call from two Australian radio presenters to a colleague who then described Kate's condition in detail. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now consider whether any potential offences may have been committed, Scotland Yard said. Saldanha, a mother of two, was found dead in her nurses' quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital by a colleague and a security guard on December 7. Three days earlier she put through a call from Sydney presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, believing they were the Queen and Prince of Wales. Greig and Christian spoke of their grief on Australian television soon after the nurse's death. They said their prank had prompted 'a tragic turn of events no one could ha...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3) -- It's the season for giving -- and for scam artists, the season for taking. Their most frequent target remains the elderly. "Scammers are often using the holidays as a backdrop to solicit people. They think people are a little more trusting during that time and a little more giving," said U.S. Postal Inspector Lori Groen. As you visit parents and grandparents this season, here are a few things to be on the lookout for. "First, look for solicitations of sweepstakes, things that say they have won fabulous prizes," Groen said. "Also, look for foreign lotteries. All foreign lotteries through the mail are illegal." Another warning from postal inspectors: Beware of offerings of so-called such valuable items as watches, gloves and jewelry. "This was something that was described as some fabulous jewelry that someone would have one in a sweepstakes," Groen said. "In reality, it's nothing but costume jewelry....

Picture: Catherine; Duchess of Cambridge; Kate Middleton Members of the royal... Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who killed herself after being fooled by a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, had attempted suicide twice before, it was reported yesterday. The 46-year-old was also prescribed anti-depressants by doctors, according to The Sun. A hoax call made by an Australian radio station initially became the talk of the internet, though in a tragic turn of events, Saldanha was found dead at her home three days later. However, it has now emerged that she first attempted suicide by taking an overdose of pills during a family holiday last December, and was rushed to hospital days later after throwing herself off a building. She was treated for depression and admitted to a psychiatric ward at Father Muller Medical College Hospital in Mangalore, India. Her brother Saveen, 42, said, "We didn't know about the first incident, but...

BY IBTimes Staff Reporter | December 24 2012 9:59 AM A Facebook user claiming to be Ryan Lanza, the brother of Adam, who gunned down 27 people and himself Dec. 14, posted messages on the social networking website mourning the victims in the Newtown, Conn. school shooting. (Photo: Facebook) Facebook messages from Ryan Lanza, the brother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam, 20, are all a hoax, according to the Lanza family. Sponsorship Link However, it all turned out to be a hoax. According to The New York Post, a Facebook user named Ryan Lanza interviewed with the newspaper about his brother's involvement in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20-year-old Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 children, six adults, his mother and himself. "I am a victim," Ryan Lanza told the New York Post Saturday via Facebook. "I [lost] my mom and brother." The statement came after Ryan Lanza posted photos of his brother and mother on Facebook...

Scotland Yard has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to the hoax call made to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead after she transferred the call from two Australian radio presenters to a colleague who then described Kate's condition in detail. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now consider whether any potential offences may have been committed, Scotland Yard said. Saldanha, a mother of two, was found dead in her nurses' quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital by a colleague and a security guard on December 7. Three days earlier she put through a call from Sydney presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, believing they were the Queen and Prince of Wales. Greig and Christian spoke of their grief on Australian television soon after the nurse's death. They said their prank had prompted "a tragic turn of events no one could h...

Like a pair of Velcro stripper pants, gecko tails come off easy. The lizards have pre-formed score lines in their tail that allow them to quickly rip off their tails when a predator has grabbed it, according to a new study. The gecko tails, which were described Wednesday (Dec. 19) in the journal PLoS One, essentially stick to the body of the animals with adhesive forces . "The tail contains 'score lines' at distinct horizontal fracture planes where the tail may be released as a response to predation," the authors wrote in the article. "These scores penetrate all the way through the tissue where the structural integrity is maintained by adhesion forces." While scientists have long known that geckos and other amphibians shed their tails to evade predators (and then regenerate them later), exactly how has been steeped in mystery. One possibility was that the lizards had special fast-acting chemicals that essentially broke down connective tissue th...

Scotland Yard has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to the hoax call made to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead after she transferred the call from two Australian radio presenters to a colleague who then described Kate's condition in detail. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now consider whether any potential offences may have been committed, Scotland Yard said. Saldanha, a mother of two, was found dead in her nurses' quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital by a colleague and a security guard on December 7. Three days earlier she put through a call from Sydney presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, believing they were the Queen and Prince of Wales. Greig and Christian spoke of their grief on Australian television soon after the nurse's death. They said their prank had prompted 'a tragic turn of events no one could ha...

* London police give prosecutors file on hoax call to royal nurse * Jacintha Saldhana found dead after taking prank phone call * Duchess of Cambridge was in hospital with morning sickness LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - British detectives investigating the death of a nurse found hanged after she took a prank phone call at a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate have passed an evidence file to prosecutors, police said on Saturday. Public prosecutors must decide whether the case is strong enough to bring charges over a stunt that was condemned around the world and fuelled concerns about media ethics. Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanging in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax call from an Australian radio station, an inquest heard. She put the call through to a colleague who disclosed details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment for an extreme form of morning sickness...

The Data Protection Act offence is punishable by a fine rather than imprisonment - up to a £5,000 fine in the magistrates' court or an unlimited fine in the Crown court. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Following the death of Jacintha Saldanha, officers have liaised with the Crown Prosecution Service as to whether any criminal offences had been committed in relation to the hoax call made to King Edward VII Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday December 4. "On Wednesday December 19, officers submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service for them to consider whether any potential offences may have been committed by making the hoax call." Mrs Saldanha, 46, a mother of two, was found dead in staff accommodation at the hospital where the Duchess, 30, had been treated for acute morning sickness. The nurse had answered the telephone at the hospital in Marylebone, central London, and the two presenters convinced her they were the Queen and the Prince of Wale...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The younger brother of Bernard Madoff will serve 10 years in prison for his role in his brother's Ponzi scheme that stole billions of dollars from investors, a U.S. judge said on Thursday. Peter Madoff , 67, pleaded guilty in June to criminal charges including conspiracy to commit securities fraud for falsifying the books and records of the investment advisory company founded by his brother. U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain adopted prosecutors' recommendations and sentenced Madoff to 10 years in prison. She also ordered him to forfeit what she called a "draconian" $ 143.1 billion, which she said would seal his "financial ruination." "To take his story at face value, he knew that the business operation was a little bit crooked, and he was content to go along with that," Swain said. "We all know that a crooked operation is rarely if ever just a 'little bit' crooked." The judge said Ma...

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The guy that shopped a Powerball ticket earlier this month and duped millions of people into thinking he would split his winnings is finally speaking about the hoax. Nolan Daniels, a software developer, says that he never shared or liked any likebait posts and never asked anyone to – until he logged on to Facebook to see a surprising number of his friends sharing an obvious lottery hoax post. In a blog post written for The Huffington Post, Daniels explains why he decided to start the now-legendary hoax: "I myself have never shared or liked anything for that reason and I've never asked others to share or like something. Then Nov. 29, 2012, came around and I came home from work and saw people sharing a photo of a man holding a digitally manipulated photo of winning Powerball numbers to the biggest Powerball drawing that was all over the news. In the description he said that a book inspired him to pick the winning numbers and he attached a link to where you could purchase...

Royal Watch News Dec 17, 2012, 12:02 GMT Duchess Catherine The funeral of a nurse who apparently killed herself following the royal hoax call will take place today (17.12.12). Jacintha Saldanha - who was found dead last week after she put through a call from Australian DJs, who had impersonated Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in an attempt to find out information on the pregnant Duchess Catherine at London's King Edward VII hospital - will be laid to rest after the service at a church in Shirva, just outside Mangalore on the south-west Indian coast. Her husband, Benedict Barboza, will be there as will the couple's two children, 16-year-old son Junal, and 14-year-old daughter Lisha. Thousands of people are also expected to attend the service, and the authorities had made extensive arrangements, including deploying additional security. The hospital has defended its treatment of Jacintha after, in one of three suicide notes, she was said to have ...