Hoax alert prompts security call
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Residents of a County Antrim estate call for increased security following a loyalist bomb threat.
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Imagine police are eavesdropping on a phone call between two conspirators plotting to blow up a building and cause major loss of life.
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An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused an international security alert after he sent a joke text message from his cell phone to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists, the Australian government confirmed Sunday.
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Information on individuals has been collected in a scam using e-greetings that appear to come from a secret admirer.
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The Better Business Bureau network was the target of a "spoofing" scam yesterday in which thousands of businesses in the United States and Canada received e-mails encouraging them to download what is thought to be a computer virus.
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By KEN MAGUIRE BOSTON - More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
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The FDIC Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers.
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A suspicious substance sparks a security alert at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in Cumbria.
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Two viable devices are found during a security alert on the outskirts of Newry, County Down.
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An investigation was launched yesterday after a journalist posing as a surveyor sparked a security scare at the Queen&#39;s official residence in Scotland.
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People selling items over the internet or through newspaper adverts are warned of a sophisticated fraudulent payment scam.
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Police in Portugal receive hundreds of calls after issuing a description of a man they want to question.
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Greek police disclosed Thursday that they received a bomb threat before the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, but chose not to evacuate the stadium. The threat turned out to be a hoax, like more than 80 other bomb threats that kept officials busy during the games.
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Symantec issued an alert after exploit code was posted to the Securityfocus Web site. The alert raised the urgency and severity of an earlier warning about the security holes in ARCServe Backup versions 9.01 through 11.5 SP1, as well as CA's Business Protection Suite software.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - A "dirty bomb" alert in  Boston last week was caused by a Mexican hoaxer trying to take  revenge on Chinese immigrants who did not pay him for smuggling  them across the U.S. border, Mexican prosecutors said on  Wednesday.
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Police are investigating a series of hoax e-mails sent to those with loved ones missing after the Asian tsunami.
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A bomb threat that caused the evacuation of a Wal-Mart and led employees to wire $10,000 to the caller appears to be part of a broader scam targeting other businesses around the country, authorities said.