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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
MediaFetcher.com is a fake news website generator. It has various templates for creating false articles about celebrities of a user's choice. Often users miss the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, before re-sharing. The website has prompted many readers to speculate about the deaths of various celebrities. [68] [69]
Death hoax. Abe Vigoda, seen here on Barney Miller in 1977, was mistakenly reported as dead many times before his actual death in 2016. A death hoax is a deliberate report of someone's death that is later revealed to be untrue. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In some cases, it might be because the person has intentionally faked death .
“Fake reviews not only waste people’s time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest competitors,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement.
August 11, 2024 at 11:07 AM. Scams asking people for personal information to fix their voter registration are rising. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images. Officials are warning about voter ...
The scammers are winning. Internet and telephone scams have grown “exponentially,” overwhelming police and prosecutors who catch and convict relatively few of the perpetrators, said Kathy ...
Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in August 2024) and then linked here.
A Guardian Australia investigation traced the source of a major crypto scam using Google ads to addresses in Moscow. Bitcoin Scam Using Unauthorized Celebrity Images in Ads Traced to Moscow ...