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Pranks involving water are basically never out of style, and such is the case with this video that involves two clueless friends, a broom and one water bowl.
One guy tries to prank his roommate by making him spill water on himself. He asks him for help with a trick that involves him holding a bowl on a broomstick an... |
20 May 2013
09:48 GMT |
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Imagine enjoying a sunny day in LA and spotting a message on the skyline, appearing to be from a pilot in distress.
“How do I land,” it reads.
This incident actually happened, as it was engineered by comedian Kurt Braunohler. He paid a sky writer to write the scary but rather funny message.
The photo o... |
15 May 2013
05:50 GMT |
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Owners at Mayfair club Crockfords in London are refusing to pay professional poker player Phil Ivey £7.8M ($12 M / €9.3M) he won at Punto Banco.
Ivey has been nicknamed the “the Tiger Woods of poker,” having won several tournaments at poker and craps, and he has taken them to the High Court f... |
13 May 2013
08:33 GMT |
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If you have noted a drop in PageRank and traffic on your site lately and you have heard those stories about broken links on your site or Panda and Penguin updates, don't think that this is happening to everyone.
Google may, in fact, be targeting you specifically. In order to figure out if this is happening to y... |
8 May 2013
08:39 GMT |
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The official Twitter account of famous Nigerian singer and actress Stella Damasus was hijacked on Friday.
The hacker posted the following tweet from the compromised account: “OMG! RIP Daniel. Is everybody happy now? *tears*”
“Daniel” refers to Daniel Ademinokan, the business partner and alle... |
6 May 2013
04:06 GMT |
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A terminal at JFK Airport, the busiest in New York has been evacuated on Sunday, April 21 following reports of a “suspicious bundle.”
According to K Pop Starz, subsequent inquiries revealed that the package was a tube of toothpaste docked in duct tape.
Initial reports mentioned that the suspicious pack... |
22 April 2013
05:36 GMT |
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Malicious emails purporting to come from Cover-More, an Australian travel insurance provider, are used by cybercriminals to distribute a piece of malware.
The company has published an advisory to warn users about notifications entitled “Cover-More Travel Insurance Cover (policy number: [random number]).” Appar... |
17 April 2013
18:21 GMT |
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Comedian and magician Rich Ferguson has devised a simple and hilarious prank that I can definitely see myself falling for. After making himself blend in with a chair at the Kreuzberg Cafe in San Luis Obispo, he gets to see customers' reactions when they sit on him. The harmless prank makes up in the quality of... |
9 April 2013
09:24 GMT |
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A video of a street artist in Singapore sculpting portraits into lollipops has hit the web a little over a week ago. As it's reaching one million views on YouTube, reports emerge that the clip is a fake. Epoch Times writes that it is part of a promotional campaign for Chupa Chups lollipops. The footage was shot... |
5 April 2013
04:23 GMT |
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The video of an abduction in New York has made the rounds online after being picked up by major news outlets.
At 6:55 p.m., a couple appears to be pushed into a van at gunpoint, while walking in Washington Heights.
Two men, one wearing a black mask while another donning a white plastic bag, are caught on camera run... |
1 April 2013
11:16 GMT |
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Police have released the video of two men getting away with $40,000 (€30,900) in cash after robbing a family's home.
The NY Post details that the robbery took place on March 11 at 10:30 a.m., on 133rd Street in Harlem, New York.
One of the men showed up at the owners' doorstep dressed as a UPS employ... |
22 March 2013
10:42 GMT |
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Mike Tyson would never send death threats to anyone, despite what some might say on social media. After Bravo chef Roble Ali posted on his Instagram messages he claimed to have received from the former boxing champ, Tyson has issued a denial.
It all started with the now-famous photo of Tyson holding two pigeons... |
22 March 2013
07:57 GMT |
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Police closing down Minnesota middle schools yesterday have located the student who made the original 911 call that prompted the massive operation.
As I posted at the time, officials in New Prague intervened in the early morning after someone reported a gunman carrying an AK-47 who had allegedly wounded two people i... |
21 March 2013
05:10 GMT |
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A fake order has put two Girl Scouts troops in the hot spot, one person having ordered 6,000 boxes of cookies and never claiming them.
According to ABC News, two girls received the order for the large number of boxes from a corporate client.
A woman from Portland, Oregon, whose name has not been disclosed, ordered ... |
18 March 2013
06:39 GMT |
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Bogus posts that warn users to beware of highly destructive viruses have been making the rounds for quite some time on social media websites. Hoax Slayer has identified two new variants that are currently circulating online. The hoax messages inform internauts that a dangerous virus that destroys the “sector z... |
14 March 2013
17:11 GMT |
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The Global Associated News site is once again used to generate prank stories about celebrities being dead. The latest victim is celebrity pop singer Justin Bieber.
“Justin Bieber died in a single vehicle crash on Route 80 between Morristown and Roswell. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics r... |
4 March 2013
04:49 GMT |
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Facebook users are advised not to trust bogus posts which inform them that the “Talking Angela” app steals the personal details of children.
It’s always a good idea to make sure your children only use safe websites and applications, especially since the Web is flooded with all sorts of threats. How... |
25 February 2013
11:11 GMT |
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Chili finger lady Anna Ayala has been charged with being an accessory in a crime, as well as filing a false police report.Ayala gained notoriety when she pretended to find a severed human finger in her fast-food chili bowl. According to Wikinews, the incident occurred in 2005, at a Wendy's in San Jose. Investiga... |
23 February 2013
02:31 GMT |
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Over the past period, numerous Twitter accounts belonging to high-profile companies or celebrities have been taken over. In some cases, the hackers do it for “the lulz,” such as in the case of Burger King, while in others they do it to lure a large number of users to a malicious site.
MTV, which appears ... |
20 February 2013
03:10 GMT |
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There’s another “pay up or lose control over your account” scam making the rounds on Facebook. This time, users are told that if they don’t pay a fee to become “gold” members, all their documents become public.
Here’s what the hoax, identified by Hoax Slayer, reads:
“... |
19 February 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently took part in his first AMA session on Reddit so, just like everyone else, he submitted a photo to administrators to prove his identity.
Pranksters, however, modified the photo to read “Hey Facebook, as some of you may know, I’m Bill Gates. If you click that share ... |
15 February 2013
17:31 GMT |
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A new “trend” has been picking up speed in showbiz and, for once, celebrities involved in it aren’t doing anything to be so. Called swatting, it consists of a 911 call which results in SWAT teams descending upon stars’ homes, much like it happened to Ashton Kutcher back in October. This was ... |
8 February 2013
08:17 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have been trying to lure WWE fans to their malicious websites, with Facebook posts that say John Cena has died, since August 2012. However, the scammers are now also using Tumblr as part of the scam. The scam posts are pretty much the same as they were back in August. They read something like: &ldqu... |
5 February 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Now that it’s February, scammers have started re-posting the old hoax which says that Facebook will be closed for maintenance between February 29 and 31. According to Hoax Slayer, French and English-speaking users are mainly targeted.
“WARNING!! Facebook will be closed for maintenance from February 29th ... |
5 February 2013
15:11 GMT |
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A Montana resident is in police custody over robbery charges, after walking into a Helena Papa John’s and demanding money. He hasn't received cash, but has gotten away with a free meal.
On January 22, 33-year-old David Randall Lacey entered the restaurant with a bandanna covering his face. He asked the cl... |
2 February 2013
04:58 GMT |
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Rumor has it that the artist we all know as Shaggy has died, but, fortunately, it's all a hoax. Someone killed off Orville Richard Burrell on Twitter and added the hashtag #RIPShaggy. "[Shaggy] is like a cat with 9 lives … but I can happily report that he’s alive and kicking and in the same buildin... |
25 January 2013
09:55 GMT |
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Pranksters are once again using the Global Associated News website to trick users into believing that an actor has died. This time, the victim is Mickey Rourke and the story says he has died in a snowboarding accident.
“Witnesses indicate that Mickey Rourke lost control of his snowboard and struck a tree at a ... |
24 January 2013
08:33 GMT |
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Yesterday, we reported about a family in Montana who, helped by their accountant, allegedly managed to scam consumers out of $70 M (€52M) in extra phone charges.Stephan and Terry Sann, with the help of their son Nathan, ran 9 shell companies that they would use to move assets around. The company names ... |
23 January 2013
07:41 GMT |
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The Onion recently published a clip berating the NRA for their “you need guns to stop bad guys with guns” policy. The "NRA fights legislation that would ban gun sales to those currently on killing sprees” sketch can be watched here. It basically uses the NRA approach, but it reminds everyone of re... |
21 January 2013
11:01 GMT |
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Manti Te'o has finally come clean about telling people he had met his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, in person, before she died. As I mentioned on Saturday, he denies any involvement in the girlfriend hoax, however, insisting that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo set up the whole thing, than called him from the number he associa... |
21 January 2013
04:53 GMT |
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The actor Sylvester Stallone is the latest to fall victim to a celebrity death hoax. A link to a story that claims he has died in a snowboard accident is being spread on Twitter.
“Actor Sylvester Stallone is reported to have died shortly after a snowboard accident earlier today - January 21, 2013,” the f... |
21 January 2013
03:21 GMT |
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Manti Te'o has finally decided to speak about the hoax that has grabbed headlines this week – that of his online girlfriend that allegedly died of leukemia. Te'o tells ESPN that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo engineered the scam along with 2 accomplices, and sent him pictures. He denies being aware of the decept... |
19 January 2013
06:48 GMT |
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The story of the deceased girlfriend of Notre Dame's Manti Te'o turned out to be a hoax, as I covered in detail yesterday. A picture taken at Lennay Kekua's grave site, posted by TMZ, featured the alleged sister of the elusive Lennay Kekua. The same publication notes that a Facebook account had... |
18 January 2013
10:37 GMT |
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Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o often talked about the girlfriend he has lost to leukemia, a woman who inspired him to do better.
It turns out the whole story is a hoax. His alleged relationship with her had only developed online. The name she gave him was Lennay Kekua, and she introduced herself as a for... |
17 January 2013
08:41 GMT |
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Truthers, conspiracy theorists that believe the Sandy Hook massacre was only a political stunt, are harassing a man that helped survivors. Gene Rosen found six elementary school students and a bus driver in his driveway, that day. They had made it out of the shooting alive. The Newtown resident tried to accommodat... |
16 January 2013
08:46 GMT |
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The latest celebrity to become victim of a death hoax is singer Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. Messages spreading like wildfire on social media sites claim that Tennant has died in a car crash. The messages about the singer’s death are accompanied by a link that leads to a Global Associated News article, w... |
14 January 2013
04:26 GMT |
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29-year-old Matthew Clark pretended to win a fishing contest by catching a monster 13lb (6 kg) bass fish. The angler got the fish from an aquarium, the last day of the competition, and won £800 ($1,290 / €970),the Mirror writes. He sneaked away from the competition by cliff-climbing, using a rope ladder.... |
11 January 2013
13:11 GMT |
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Emails and social media posts which claim that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made some comments against the country’s Islamic population are making the rounds. In reality, the official is once again the target of a hoax.
“IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am ti... |
11 January 2013
05:26 GMT |
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Wikipedia isn't a reliable source of information. Nothing out there is 100 percent reliable, but the nature of Wikipedia, the fact that anyone can add or modify info, means that it's particularly prone to errors, intentional or not. But the nature of Wikipedia is what makes it more accurate in some ways t... |
7 January 2013
08:35 GMT |
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A story published a couple of days ago on Indymedia UK, allegedly by Guardian journalist Conal Urquhart, revealed that Julian Assange – the founder of WikiLeaks – has been arrested. As it turns out, the story is a hoax. “Sources close to this reporter have confirmed that WikiLeaks founder and inter... |
7 January 2013
02:52 GMT |
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Facebook has recently made some modifications to its privacy controls. With these changes, the company has started rolling out a new padlock icon (upper right corner) to allow users easier access to their privacy settings.
Unfortunately, the padlock has become the subject of a viral hoax.
“Hackers alert. Atte... |
27 December 2012
10:39 GMT |
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Jacintha Saldanha's husband, Ben Barboza, is asking for an investigation into King Edward VII hospital's staff, following her death.
It appears one of three suicide notes left by the nurse after answered a prank phone call about Kate Middleton's wellbeing includes details about how the hospital acted... |
14 December 2012
11:11 GMT |
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If you access this Global Associated News website, you’ll find a story about how the actor Jim Carrey has died today, December 12, as a result of a snowboarding accident at the Zermatt ski resort in Zermatt, Switzerland. If you access the same link tomorrow, you’ll see the same story, but it will say that... |
12 December 2012
05:25 GMT |
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The prank call made by the hosts of Sydney-based radio station 2Day FM to the King Edward VII Hospital in London – where the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has been admitted – highlights the dangers posed by social engineering attacks.
While the phone call in which the hosts pretended to be Queen El... |
6 December 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Over the past months, a hoax has been making the rounds on Facebook, urging users to post a copyright notice on their timelines in order to protect the content they publish.
The pranksters claim that the new Facebook guidelines allow anyone to use the content they post without their authorization, unless they publis... |
27 November 2012
04:10 GMT |
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Pranksters are once again trying to cause panic among the fans of a Hollywood celebrity. They’ve flooded social media networks with messages which claim that Adam Sandler has died.
“Actually crying right now about how Adam Sandler died,” one user wrote on Twitter.
Another one wrote, “Rip Ada... |
12 November 2012
03:05 GMT |
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42-year-old Kim Collins, part owner of social club Big Club in Station Road, Boldon Colliery, in the UK, is facing trial for duping the police into thinking she had been assaulted and robbed, CSI-style. As she started reporting a loss at the club, she had to convince her partner to sell, and made up a robbery, tyin... |
8 November 2012
07:32 GMT |
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If you’re ever on the market for prank ideas or you’re still hard on the Halloween party circuit, the video above might be of real help to you.
The guy’s name is Rich Ferguson and he’s a magician by profession. He considers this his best Halloween stunt ever: he sneezes and his head falls off... |
1 November 2012
12:28 GMT |
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Famous rapper Lil Wayne has been declared dead once again by pranksters. False rumors circulating on social media networks claim that he died because of a drug overdose. Twitter is currently being flooded with tweets such as “RIP Lil' Wayne 1997 – 2008,” “Lil Wayne dead! RIP king of rap,... |
1 November 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Never underestimate the power of trolling. 4Chan has come up with a hoax that nearly broke the hearts of millions of Justin Bieber fans, while also getting many to shave their head. Justin Bieber had been diagnosed with cancer, it said.
Check out the video above to see how that went down.
Apparently, ET Online and... |
27 October 2012
05:47 GMT |
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