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Web users warned about social networking site MyBankDetails.com
Consumer groups are warning users not to use a new social networking website called MyBankDetails.com.
One user said:
"I joined the website last month and gave all my details including my bank details. I had no idea that by providing my account number, routing number, PIN number, a scanned version of my signature, my mother's maiden name, my date of birth, thumb print and retinal scan, my identity could be stolen."
A week later, his bank account had been cleaned out. To make matters worse, someone else had assumed his identity, taken his job, moved into his house and started to see his girlfriend.
"My life has been ruined, thanks to MyBankDetails.com", he complained.
This isn't an isolated incident. Security experts are warning that social networking websites can be very dangerous places and that users should avoid the temptation to post intimate details about themselves. One expert said:
"If you're unwise enough to have done this, we suggest that you change your bank account as soon as possible, move to a different house, change your job and date of birth, get new fingerprints, and even change your parents. These are drastic measures, I know."
We tried interviewing someone from MyBankDetails.com, but the website only accepts emails from registered users and we weren't prepared to provide intimate details about our reporter. We therefore contacted the San Leon Police Fraud Unit.
Chief Pinero told us that he had tried to visit the website's Kemah office. He said:
"Entry was by a buzzer system and they weren't prepared to open the door until I gave them my bank details, so I gave up."
Stone figures discovered on remote mountaintop
Archaeologists have uncovered four big stone heads on a mountain top in the remote mountains of South Dakota.
One of the archaeologists said: "These heads tell us a lot about the ancient people who built them. Their size indicates that they were a lot bigger than we are. The fact that they are not attached to necks suggest that the ancient people did not have bodies or limbs but were just large heads that floated around."
Meanwhile, another theory is that the big stone heads are not actually sculptures at all but are real people encased in stone, much like the residents of the ancient city of Pompeii. "This mountain", said Professor Bill Nerdling, "is an extinct volcano and these 4 large men were standing right under it when it erupted."
Dr. Phil In Need Of More Clichés
Prominent psychologist and television personality Phil McGraw, who demands to be affectionately known as Dr. Phil, is looking to expand his collection of trite one-liners and vague meaningless bullshit used to counsel guests on his show.
Though he has had much success over the years by telling people in his distinctive drawl, "Stop thinking the world revolves around you" or "You need to re-engineer your life," fans of Dr. Phil are now saying that his platitudes are becoming marred by overuse.
The breaking point was when Dr. Phil said "Realize that perfectionism is an imperfection" eleven times in one show, inciting a wave of negative feedback from his viewers. With his current catalog of stock phrases, Dr. Phil has also had trouble counseling people who come to him with peculiar problems. One guest on his show revealed he had an irrational and crippling fear of hot air balloons, to which Dr. Phil nervously replied, "Stop being so controlling and critical… of, um, hot air balloons."
Nevertheless, Dr. Phil still has a very large base of devoted supporters who are able to find meaning in his boring and useless advice.
Sand Sculpture lands teen in prison
A 17 year-old teenager is going to prison for two years for building a provocative sand sculpture in League City in May.
Gabriel Fossman was sentenced as an adult for the crime of "Felony Lewdness", which carries up to ten years imprisonment. With good behavior, Fossman may be released after serving only 23 months.
Fossman and an accomplice created the sculpture on May 23rd at a local park. The accomplice was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony against Fossman. The pair were arrested after a woman confronted them at the park and phoned police. Fossman reportedly called the woman a "dumb bitch", and was tasered 36 times after being handcuffed by officers.
The jury of 9 women, 2 men, and one of undetermined sex, reached the guilty verdict after deliberating for only nine minutes.
Rummy has a brand new bag
Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has started a new band, a classic rock and blues - oriented gospel band called "Rummy & The Troop Surge". The band has been booked at several smoke-free Christian nightclubs.
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