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A hijack hoax sentence in India has been deemed by some as too harsh, as the Indian man convicted in the crime has been sent to jail for life. The hijack hoax sentence follows a 2009 incident involving 45-year-old Jitender Kumar Mohla on an an IndiGo Airlines flight in February 2009. Mohla is said to have threatened the passengers and crew on the IndiGo plane, saying he had armed himself with infected needles and a gun for reasons that remain unclear to this day. A news report indicates that the hijack hoax sentence was sparked by an incident that created significant headaches for crew and passengers on the plane and required extensive on-the-ground follow-up after the plane was diverted. "Mohla was convicted last week on charges of endangering the safety of others and intimidating the pilot and crew while the aircraft, which was headed from western Goa state to Delhi, was mid-air with around 160 passengers on board … The threat created panic among the passen...

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With a week to go until Election Day , the nasty campaign tactics are coming out. People in Florida, Virginia and Indiana have gotten calls falsely telling them they can vote early by phone and don't need to go to a polling place . Indiana's secretary of state launched an investigation. Virginia officials issued a warning to voters and asked them to report any such calls they receive. And there's a mysterious DVD popping up in mailboxes that purports to be a "documentary" raising questions about the true identity of President Barack Obama 's father. It's one more sign of just how close this presidential election is. Also Read Read More @ Source Fraudulent Stories Here

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A hitchhiker from West Virginia pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges in Montana for falsely claiming to be the victim of a drive-by shooting, leading to another man being jailed for an offense he did not commit. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, Ray Dolin of Julian, W.Va., would receive a six-month suspended jail sentence and have to pay more than $ 2,000 in fines and $ 5,583 in restitution to the Valley County Sheriff 's Office. Dolin pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, making a false report and obstructing a peace officer during an appearance before state District Judge John McKeon in Valley County . Sentencing was set for January 22. The struggling photographer has admitted to shooting himself in the arm on June 9 while hitchhiking near Glasgow in northeastern Montana. He initially claimed it was a drive-by shooting and stuck with that story even when a Washington state man was arrested and jailed. After his tale unraveled a...

Selma Corman knows all about one of the most popular scams designed to rip off older Americans. When a Santa Clara County prosecutor mentioned the notorious "Midnight Call" scheme at a meeting Sunday afternoon, she nodded her head and raised her hand. "I got one of those," she said at Congregation Beth David, a Jewish synagogue in Saratoga. But hardly anyone heard her because many in the crowd of about 100 blurted or mumbled the same thing. Corman later remembered the call in remarkable detail. "I get this call in the middle of the night about three months ago," the 83-year-old from Sunnyvale said. "It's my grandson. He's crying. He's in a jail in Mexico and needs money to get out." In short order, her grandson pleaded with her not to tell his parents. He handed the phone to an older man, his lawyer, who tells Corman she has a half-hour to send $ 1,900 to a Western Union office in Mexico City. She had to rush the money tr...

GLASGOW — Kentucky State Police said the Monroe County bomb scare that occurred Thursday was a hoax. "We know it's a hoax because we found no devices and there was no explosion," said Trooper Billy Gregory, public information officer for the Kentucky State Police in Columbia. The state police have not arrested anyone for making the prank phone calls, but are continuing their investigation. Gregory could not talk about the specifics of the investigation. "We hope to know something by next week," he said. The person or persons responsible for the bomb scare could face a charge of terroristic threatening, which is a Class C felony, he said. There were five bomb threats made Thursday within a few minutes of each other to three Tompkinsville restaurants — Sonic Drive-In, McDonalds and Subway, — plus one to the county attorney's office and to Tompkinsville Elementary. For the complete story, see the Weekender print or E-edition of the Daily Times Read Mo...

A Twitter hoax suggesting Justin Bieber has cancer taught teenage girls everywhere a valuable lesson this week: You should fact check before you shave your head. Or, maybe it's all just an elaborate story crafted by 4Chan. Originally posted on Oct. 22, the hoax started with a screenshot of what appears to be a tweet from Entertainment Tonight 's official Twitter account announcing that Bieber was diagnosed with cancer that morning and suggesting fans go #BaldforBieber in support of the pop icon. The photo also shows what looks to be a tweet from Bieber's official account, thanking ET for the support Shortly after the tweets, a website, BaldforBieber.com, launched showing Photoshopped tweets from the pop star thanking fans for support, as well as a number of fake news stories that seem to confirm the rumor. A YouTube video on the site's homepage shows a video of fans supposedly shaving their heads in support of the Biebs, and a gallery of photos on another...

October 27, 2012 06:35:25 GMT Some fans were asked to shave their heads to support Justin, before it's proven that a rumor saying Justin suffered from cancer is no more than a hoax. Photo credit: Mr Blue/WENN 's fans don't need to shave their heads since the 18-year-old singer doesn't suffer from cancer at all. A hashtag #baldforbieber was trending for a while on Twitter, but faded as soon as people found out the truth. Kenny Hamilton, Justin's bodyguard tweeted, "No," on Friday, October 26, to reply to a friend's question, "Is it true about justin having cancer?" So far, no real Beliebers make a claim that they were victims of the cancer hoax. Additionally, the "Never Say Never" singer hasn't made any comments on it yet. Some of the singer's fans were not convinced by the hoax. A fan joked, "Shave your beaver for Bieber." Another one tweeted, "It's sad that girls are going #BaldFor...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3) -- A man who thought he won millions actually lost almost everything. He was a victim in a scam that targets the elderly. Norman Breidenbaugh lost the home he shared with his wife for 22 years to foreclosure in a scam that started with a phone call. "They told us we won a $ 2.5 million dollar sweepstakes," he said. But first, the scammer told him to send $ 2,000 to pay for taxes on the winnings. After he agreed, they started asking questions. "They would get information from you and then they would turn it around and use it against you." Like the fact that his wife, Lucinda, was in a nursing home dying of cancer. "They would say if I just send them this money then I would get this sweepstakes and I would have the money to bring her home," he said. Desperate to make that happen, Breidenbaugh refinaced his house and continued to send payments as the crooks strung him along. In the end, he not only lost his wife to cancer. He als...

Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Singer Justin Bieber arrives at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. By Chase Hoffberger, Daily Dot Justin Bieber devotees were thrown for a loop this week after a couple bad apples on the Internet started a rumor that the pop prince had cancer. The hoax, Reddit attests, began Tuesday night when a 4channer used something to the tune of the Fake Tweet Builder to generate a tweet supposedly sent from Entertainment Tonight's verified account. "I was there when we started this," added one of the self-proclaimed conspirators, redditor ErroneousDylan. "Somebody made a few Twitter accounts, we edited Wikipedia, we spammed chat rooms, and we even posted here on Reddit (but it was deleted for lack of evidence). Somebody made a few fake news posts too which were convincing but without a link it wasn't strong enough." Twitter via Daily Dot The ...

An Italian painter has been arrested on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat to a flight after his wife failed to get a seat on it, police said Wednesday. Andrea Giovanni Sorteni, 48, could be charged with terrorism offences over the bomb threat, which sparked panic and caused the flight from Yogyakarta in central Java to be delayed by several hours. Indonesia has been hit by deadly bombings over the past decade and the hoax came at a sensitive time -- two days after Bali marked the 10th anniversary of Islamist attacks that killed 202 people, including many foreign tourists. The artist, who denies making the threat, became upset when his Indonesian wife was not allowed on the flight after low-cost domestic carrier Lion Air said her ticket was out of date, according to police. "He was very angry knowing that his wife could not fly back home and called Lion Air and said there were explosive materials on the flight to Bali," Yo...

October 24, 2012 06:40:51 GMT The 'Shawshank Redemption' actor denies that he is dead, saying his death report is just another hoax. Photo credit: Dan Jackman/WENN is not dead. On Tuesday, October 23, the 75-year-old actor clarified his death news on his Facebook page, "Like Mark Twain, I keep reading that I have died. I hope those stories are not true." He continued, "But if they are, I'm happy to report that my afterlife seems identical to my life when I was alive. I did go to Las Vegas to begin work on the film ''. That is anything but a death sentence." Back in August, a Facebook page called "RIP Morgan Freeman" was created and is still active up to now despite denial. Morgan's representative said back then, "Morgan is alive and well, and joins the long list of actors who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet." In September...

(Reuters) - The United States filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp, accusing it of selling thousands of toxic home loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that went into default and caused more than $ 1 billion of losses. Wednesday's case, originally brought by a whistleblower, is the U.S. Department of Justice 's first civil fraud lawsuit over mortgage loans sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac . It also compounds the problems that the Bank of America , second-largest U.S. bank, has faced since its disastrous 2008 purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp , once the nation's largest mortgage lender. According to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Countrywide in 2007 invented a scheme known as the "Hustle" designed to speed up processing of residential home loans. Operating under the motto "Loans Move Forward, Never Backward," mortgage executives tried to eliminate "toll gates" designed to ensure...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) - An Italian painter has been arrested on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat to a flight after his wife failed to get a seat on it, police said Wednesday. Andrea Giovanni Sorteni, 48, could be charged with terrorism offences over the bomb threat, which sparked panic and caused the flight from Yogyakarta in central Java to be delayed by several hours. Indonesia has been hit by deadly bombings over the past decade and the hoax came at a sensitive time -- two days after Bali marked the 10th anniversary of Islamist attacks that killed 202 people, including many foreign tourists. The artist, who denies making the threat, became upset when his Indonesian wife was not allowed on the flight after low-cost domestic carrier Lion Air said her ticket was out of date, according to police. "He was very angry knowing that his wife could not fly back home and called Lion Air and said there were explosive materials o...

advertisement In an exclusive interview with NBC 5, the victim of an airplane bomb hoax says his life was turned upside down on his 29th birthday. Christopher Shell is currently behind bars in the Collin County Detention Center because of an outstanding warrant for a possession of marijuana charge. On Sept. 6, Shell, who is originally from Fort Worth, boarded a plane bound for DFW from his current home of Philadelphia. Not long after take off, passengers were told the aircraft was experiencing mechanical issues. Once the plane touched down, Shell said he saw armed federal agents coming on board. "I'm looking up and down the plane for someone who looks like a terrorist," he said. "I said, I hope they're not here because of that stupid possession of marijuana charge I had back in Texas. And I thought, why would they bring down a plane for something like that?" "I'm looking up and down the plane and they've got their guns dra...

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - The supervisor of elections in Collier County says some residents have received letters that question their citizenship eligibility to vote. Jennifer Edwards told the Naples Daily News (http://bit.ly/Ru2EIX ) Monday that she's heard from five voters who received letters. She says the letters misrepresent her office. East Naples resident Wayne Hoss told the newspaper he received his letter on Saturday and immediately knew it was a hoax because he was born in the United States. He also says the envelope didn't have an official return address. Hoss says the letter included a form seeking personal information, including Social Security and driver's license numbers. The newspaper reports Edwards' signature is not on the hoax letter. The letter also does not include contact information for the supervisor's office. Information from: Naples (Fla.) Daily News, http://www.naplesnews.com Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights ...

By Chi Chi Izundu Newsbeat entertainment reporter Claims that Justin Bieber's computer was stolen earlier this month were part of a hoax the 18-year-old knew about, it's being reported. The singer had tweeted that "personal footage" had gone missing from his camera and computer after the items were taken while he was on stage. There were also rumours of leaked video clips and a picture which showed the Canadian naked. It would appear now that Bieber was behind the joke. "Since I was 14 I have had a lot of things said about me, from dying, to saying I had a baby with a woman I never even met, nude pics, drugs...but today...today i get to be in on it... " he tweeted. It's thought the information was put out in the public domain as part of a publicity stunt to promote his new video Beauty and A Beat. The video, which is from his album Believe had 10.6 million views within the first 24 hours of release - that has since risen to more than ...

Text Size: A Small Text A Medium Text A Large Text Threat prompts massive search for chemical weapons WARE, Mass. — A massive search for chemical-weapons in Ware failed to turn up anything on Sunday following an anonymous call to police. Authorities said they received the call at about 6:30 a.m. from a person who claimed to have left bombs at various places around town. Those bombs were allegedly set to detonate later in the day. Police sent out three reverse 911 calls to residents, urging them to stay indoors while police and federal agents closed down roadways to conduct ground searches in the area of West Street, Gould Street, Anderson Street, Mountainview Drive and Brookside Manor. A command center was also set up at a local supermarket. Resident John Yestramski said he received each of the reverse 911 calls.  "They said there's a hazmat situation going on down here and that they would notify us later when something happened," Yes...

Hoax calls to the Fire Brigade in Croydon fall by 72 percent 2:00pm Sunday 21st October 2012 in News By Hannah Williamson Hoax calls to the Fire Brigade fall by 72 percent in Croydon Hoax calls made to the London Fire Brigade in Croydon have fallen by 72 percent since 2001. Fire crews attended 472 malicious 999 calls in Croydon in 2001, but the figure had fallen to 131 last year. The fire brigade have taken various measures to help cut hoax calls, including training 999 control officers to pro-actively challenge callers if they believe them to be making prank calls. Other tactics include working with mobile phone operators, to identify repeated hoax or abusive calls. This has lead to around 100 mobile phones being cut off each year. The Brigade have also launched youth programmes in the community, which provide opportunities for firefighters to explain to young people the consequences of hoax calls. Chris Bigland, the Brigade's Borough Commander for Croydon s...