Tag: Emma Watson

Emma Watson Blames Twitter Hackers

Adolescent actress Emma Watson, known around the world for her depiction of brain box Hermione Granger in the sequence of Harry Potter films, has fated fraudsters impersonate her on Twitter. The popular performer has claim that reports that she had conventional a place at Yale University were spread via the micro-blogging site because of fake profile which is using her name.

A spokesperson for Watson posted on Emma Watson’s official website, though, debunking the claims.

“Emma does not have a Twitter account and these -rumors are false. Emma is still annoying to make a decision whether she wants to attend university in the UK or the USA and hasn’t conventional any placements at this time,” said the statement.

 

 

Of course, this is distant from the first time that a fake celebrity has caused mischief on Twitter.Newspapers were lively with news that Twitter had reached a tipping point when it was reported that the Dalai Lama had connected the service, only for the profile to be later exposed as fake.

And late last year I blogged about the various fake Al Gores on Twitter, and when it was reported that Vint Cerf’s Twitter account appear to be spew spam it took a journalist from The Register to dig around and discover that the account was fake.

 

 

More lately Scottish actor David Tennant has been affectionately lampooned – although, in his case, the fakers were frank that they were not really the award-winning star of BBC TV’s Doctor Who series.Most of this stuff is pretty harmless, compared to when real celebrity’s accounts get hacked like Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Barrack Osama.

But there is a basic subject of too much faith here. People appear to consider what they read on their computer screen – even though anybody can create a Twitter account and claim to be, say, Michael Jackson without any checks done on their true identity.The point is simple – stop being so trusting. Look for good verification that you’re communicating with the person you really think you are.

Depiction of teenage brain box Emma Watson Death Scam

Emma Watson, known around the world for her depiction of teenage brain box Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has become the unsuspecting star of an internet hoax that is being spread rapidly across the internet.

The bogus reports declare that the actress has died in a drunken car crash.

 

 

 

Here is a typical report:

On July 24, 2009, Watson was en route to her mansion in Oxfordshire, England. Police footage captured her driving with speeds up to 80 miles per hour on very narrow roads. Oxfordshire paramedics received a 999 call at 12:22 p.m. (GMT), about an sport car having crashed into a wall at a petrol station.

At this point it was still unknown that the victim was indeed Emma Watson. Three minutes after the call got through, paramedics arrived at Watson’s location.

She was reportedly not breathing and the car was total loss. After 5 minutes the Oxfordshire Fire Department managed to get Watson out of her car. Resuscitation efforts continued en route to the Oxfordshire’s Medical Center, and for an hour after arriving there at 1:45 p.m. (GMT). She was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. (GMT).

 


Another version of the story reads:

Los Angeles, CA- Millions are in shock after Emma Watson died overnight in a car crash. The 19 year-old actress, most famous for her roles in the Harry Potter films, was killed while being driven back to hotel after a screening of her latest movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when a car collided with her vehicle. Watson is reported to have died at the scene. Her relatives have so far refused to comment, only quoting that they are “˜too distraught’ to speak with the media. Police are questioning witnesses about two men who reportedly fled the scene following the crash.

The two men are said to be in their early twenties, one Caucasian and the other Hispanic. Anyone with information is urged to contact the authorities immediately.

Unhappily a lot of people seem to be forwarding or reposting the “news”, without scrutiny a credible news site. Don’t you think that if it was true it would be on the front page of BBC News Online? I would advise you keep away from clicking on links to “news” stories about Emma Watson’s death, as it is probable whoever is behind this hoax has spiteful intention.

Of course, Emma Watson is far from the first celebrity to have had fake reports of her death circulated via the internet. Recently, bogus news stories increase that Jeff Goldblum had fallen to his death while filming – bizarrely from the very same cliff that previously claimed Tom Cruise’s life!

Vanished all esteem for Emma Watson? Face book click jacking assault spreads virally

Emma Watson, the actress who plays the fraction of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has establish herself the topic of a click jacking scam on Face book.

User of the social network have seen mail posted by their online friends claiming to have misplaced all respect for Emma Watson, after surveillance a video starring the young actress.

I mislaid all respect for Emma Watson when I seen this video! Outrageous!
Other versions may read:I lost all admiration for Emma Watson when I saw this video! Outrageous!


If you’re inquisitive sufficient to click on the link, your browser will be taken to a webpage which pretend to be a YouTube-style video site called FbVideo.

If you’ve got this far, you’ll almost certainly be tempted to tick to view the video. However, like the many click jacking attack we saw on Face book, you will be imperceptibly clicking on a “Like” button without your information, sharing the link further with your friends.

The page is intended to display a survey scam, which both earns money for the scammers and can trick you into handing over your mobile phone number to sign you up for a premium rate SMS service.You can protect yourself from click jacking threats like this by using browser plug-in such as No Script for Firefox.

But wouldn’t it be great if Face book required users to confirm that they wished to “Like” a webpage? That would make scams like have a harder time spreading virally via the social network.

By the way, other versions of the scam are using the names of Miley Cyrus.

If you find you have accidentally “Liked” an offending webpage, remove references to it from your wall and check your profile settings.

As Chet pointed out with a similarly-themed Justin Bieber clickjacking scam on Facebook, it can also make sense to logout from Facebook when you are not actively using it to reduce the probability of you being tricked into “Liking” things you don’t really like.