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PHOENIX (AP) -- Most of the people who saw a masked teenager wearing a sheet and armed with a grenade launcher told authorities they assumed the weapon was a fake as he pointed it at passing cars in northwest Phoenix, according to 911 calls released Thursday. All of the callers calmly told 911 operators that a "small man" or a "kid" was pointing what looked like a bazooka, torpedo, rocket launcher, grenade launcher or a "long gun with a point at the end" at passing cars on July 28. "I assume it's a fake. I hope so," one man told a 911 operator. "I think you guys should check it out." "I don't know if it's real or not, but it's kind of bizarre," another male caller said. "He's wearing a dress with a torpedo on his shoulder and pointing it left and right." "He had it pointed at me," another man said. "I got kind of freaked out." A Phoenix man has been accused of f...

Jim Kojoma wanted an online loan and filed an application on what he thought was a legitimate website. He quickly realized that his personal information fell victim to scammers. "About two weeks later, I began receiving phone calls from individuals saying that they were with the federal bureau of legal investigation," Kojoma said. According to Kojoma, the scammers told him that he would have to pay more than $ 2,500 to stop the process of him being sued. Kojoma said that he received voicemails from people with very thick accents and with names such as Thomas Johnson, Pam Jackson and Robert Wood. Jonathan Blanton with the Ohio Attorney General's Consumer Protection division said that scammers, especially those operating from overseas, are almost impossible to find and arrest. "It all comes down to stealing," Blanton said. "It's very difficult. We've had some success, but the scammers are very good." Kojoma said that he decided said that he ...

Corpus Christi Man gets prison in bomb hoax A South Texas man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and another three years of probation for persuading a relative to make phony bomb threat calls to a Valero Energy Corp. refinery in Corpus Christi last year. Erasmo Luna, of Robstown, also was ordered Friday by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos to pay $ 145,700 in restitution to Valero after a company official testified about the financial impact of the hoaxes. The 27-year-old Luna pleaded guilty in June. His 20-year-old cousin, Jose Padilla, also of Robstown, has pleaded guilty to actually making the calls on two days last October. He faces sentencing next month. Refinery security and local authorities with bomb-detection dogs had to respond to the threats, which also prompted an FBI investigation. Houston Texas Southern suspends band after hazing allegation Texas Southern University has suspended its famous marching band after university official...

Back to Headlines Print Version Stumble it Facebook LinkedIn ROME--Former prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, renewed his attack on the euro Thursday, describing the currency as a "hoax" that punishes the Italian economy. The remarks come as Mr. Berlusconi is seeking to reboot his political party, which is losing supporters to anti-euro parties ahead of April elections. "The euro is a big hoax," Mr. Berlusconi told an audience in Rome, drawing applause. Mr. Berlusconi also criticized Germany's anti-inflationist stance, which he said is stifling Europe's economic recovery. One solution to the crisis, Mr. Berlusconi said, "is that Germany exits the euro." Another solution, he said, is that embattled euro-zone economies "reacquire the right to print money." Write to Stacy Meichtry at stacy.meichtry@wsj.com Subscribe to WSJ: http://online.wsj.com?mod=djnwires (END) Dow Jones Newswire...

Prank Call Costs Taxpayers Phony Rescue Calls Cost Real Dollars It happened again. Someone reports an emergency and first responders spring into action, only to discover it was all a hoax. This latest incident sent would-be rescuers to both sides of the Missouri River on Thursday. It seems to be a trend. People reporting things to the authorities that never happened. In August, Omaha police were all over the area of 28th and Spencer. The response was the real deal, but the report that caused the action was not. No one knows who made the fake call to 911, but police could take no chances. "I killed my mom and dad," the caller said. "I'm going to kill my little brother. If I see any cops, I will kill them." Another apparent hoax came later in August. In Lincoln, former Nebraska women's basketball player Charlie Rogers claimed three masked men tied her up and carved hate words into her skin. Police believe the woman made up the entir...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man has been accused of dressing his 16-year-old nephew in a sheet and sending him into a busy street with a fake grenade launcher , then filming the masked teenager pointing the faux weapon at passing cars. Authorities said it was all to see how fast city police would react to a mock terrorist act . Michael D. Turley was arrested Monday, nearly two months after the bizarre film was posted to Google Inc. 's YouTube site. He posted $ 5,000 bond and was released. In the film, the narrator who police identified as Turley , said he wanted to see how long it took authorities to respond. The introduction to the video mentions the July 20 theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12. "Given this event, I wanted to run a little test here in Phoenix, Arizona," Turley said. "I want to find out how safe I really am, and I want to know the response time of the Phoenix police department." The YouTube clip showed the masked teen...

Story by Christina Jewett A Los Angeles man was sentenced to six years in prison last week for his role in a power wheelchair scam, topping what prosecutors say has been a series of Medicare fraud cases. David James Garrison, 50, a former physician assistant, was found guilty by a federal jury for his role in submitting $ 18.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for power wheelchairs and other equipment. The wheelchair case is the third time Garrison has been accused of Medicare fraud. In 2009, Garrison pleaded no contest to tax evasion for his role in what prosecutors described as a fraudulent medical clinic. He pleaded not guilty in October to charges that he forged prescriptions as part of an OxyContin ring that sold 1 million pills on the streets. That case is ongoing. Garrison's attorney did not return a call for comment about the cases. Garrison's physician assistant license lapsed in 2009, said Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the Department of Cons...

Beware: The next time you get an email from privacy@microsoft.com in your inbox, click delete. [More from Mashable : How Social Good Summit Sparked the Largest Conversation on Earth] That's because you're likely the target of a phishing hoax designed to steal Gmail, Yahoo, Windows Live and AOL passwords, according to Naked Security, a blog by IT security firm Sophos. Entitled, "Microsoft Windows Update," the email urges recipients to verify their email accounts by entering personal login information. [More from Mashable: How Microsoft Re-Invented Office for Touch, Social and the Cloud] Dear Windows User, It has come to our attention that your Microsoft windows Installation records are out of date. Every Windows installation has to be tied to an email account for daily update. This requires you to verify the Email Account. Failure to verify your records will result in account suspension. Click in the Verify button below and enter your login infor...

Hoax calls are keeping firefighters from real emergencies Matt Gaw Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:00 AM FIREFIGHTERS have warned that "lives are being put at risk" by hoax calls. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email address you gave us when you signed up. Email address   Send link To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. New figures have revealed that Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service have been sent to homes and businesses 344 times after malicious and prank calls. In scores of other incidents, operators have had their time wasted by screening out obvious pranks, youths hanging-up and others asking for help retrieving stuck toys. According to a freedom of information request, text messages, pay phones and fire alarms have all been used to summon the emergency services. Last night fire bosses said the calls, which ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A bizarre court battle has begun. As Action News first reported earlier this month, the simple sale of a Parlier-area ranch uncovered mysteries dating back decades, and brought a former Raisin Queen back from the dead. This court battle is basically about a horse ranch, but it's also about phony French royalty, and a faked death. The plaintiffs claim a local doctor spun a web of lies to sell the property. His wife's phony life and fake death are a big part of the argument. A 15-acre horse ranch along the Kings River is the center of a bitter court battle, and the former home of a ghost. Genevieve de Montremare is seen in the picture from her obituary in 2007. But the woman also known as Genevieve Weilert is still alive, although her attorney says she's too sick to come to court. Her husband, Dr. Michael Weilert, is the director of pathology at Community Regional Medical Centers. On the witness stand, he admitted to lying a...

Aero-Scam: 'Air Combat' Industry Fighting scam (Part 1) Over the course of the last ten days, the massive amount of evidence involved in a growing 'Aero-Scam' victimizing the air combat adventure business, and what certainly appears to be (at least) hundreds of potential/innocent customers, has grown beyond our worst expectations. Despite aggressive efforts to contact and undertake dialogs with the staff of a number of "Daily Deal" websites used to purvey these fraud-riddled offers of daring air combat adventure rides, the offers not only continue to be sold... but are escalating to more sites, and utilizing different aerial come-ons. As previously noted in Part One of this series , ANN, after a tip from Kristy Graham of "Aviation Criminal.com" undertook an aggressive investigation of several (and eventually dozens of) online offers for air combat adventure rides utilizing either the Extra 300 or SF260 airframes. These Daily Deal s...

Tracy Morgan was the subject of a huge Twitter hoax last night and wasn't even aware of it at the time. Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel decided to take to the social media network to get a little ratings boost for the Emmy Awards; trouble was, his plan involved the "30 Rock" star and a little faux drama. Minutes after he tweeted, Tracy Morgan became a trend on Twitter and thousands of viewers tuned in to watch the awards. An estimated 25,000 tweets went out in the next few minutes about Morgan, and of course when people figured out that Kimmel was just trying to get people to change the channel, they called him out on it. But he's one of the few people who could throw out a little fake bit of news like that and still make people laugh rather than cause outrage. Read More @ Source Fraudulent Stories Here

Pennsylvania's court administrator is warning people about a jury-duty hoax that is making its way around the state. Administrator Zygmont A. Pines said some people have received phone calls or text messages saying that their names appear in the local newspaper for failing to appear for jury duty. They are then directed to call a telephone number where a recorded message advises them they face either a $ 500 fine or a 30-day jail sentence. The message ends by stating that the call is a joke, and that the telephone number should be forwarded to others to prolong the hoax, Pines said in a news release issued today. The hoax is causing "confusion and anxiety" and has resulted in disruptions and additional work for court employees, Pines said. He urged recipients not to forward the message. Read More @ Source Detention Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Spencer Locke star in Detention, a hipster, teen horror-comedy whe...