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"An apparent CNN report claiming that jailed heiress Paris Hilton was stabbed multiple times by a disgruntled fellow inmate last Friday is a hoax. Though it was designed to look like a CNN Web page, the ersatz item was actually published on Omeletto.com, a site that appears to consist mainly of videos of an angry man dressed up in an omelet suit. In addition to misspellings and factual errors, the prank Web page also contains one attempt at an actual joke:
"While some speculate as to how an inmate was permitted to obtain such a close proximity to Paris, others wonder if this will effect her singing career."
Cymbal crash.
Updates after the jump.
Update: 'Paris Stabbed' Prankster Steps Forward
As of June 12, "Paris Hilton Stabbed" is hosted on a site called MyCoalProductions.com instead of Omeletto.com. Its creator, Michael Burke, explains why on his MySpace page:
• Paris Hilton Stabbed Multiple Times - MyCoalProductions.com hoax
• Paris Jail Stabbing Hoax - Sunday Times (Australia)
• Paris Hilton Dead, Bogus News Stories: Suicide & Stabbings - The Post Chronicle
• Q & A About Paris Hilton's Jail Sentence - Associated Press
• Paris Hilton Bio - About.com Celebrity Gossip
"An apparent CNN report claiming that jailed heiress Paris Hilton was stabbed multiple times by a disgruntled fellow inmate last Friday is a hoax. Though it was designed to look like a CNN Web page, the ersatz item was actually published on Omeletto.com, a site that appears to consist mainly of videos of an angry man dressed up in an omelet suit. In addition to misspellings and factual errors, the prank Web page also contains one attempt at an actual joke:"While some speculate as to how an inmate was permitted to obtain such a close proximity to Paris, others wonder if this will effect her singing career."
Cymbal crash.
Updates after the jump.
Update: 'Paris Stabbed' Prankster Steps Forward
As of June 12, "Paris Hilton Stabbed" is hosted on a site called MyCoalProductions.com instead of Omeletto.com. Its creator, Michael Burke, explains why on his MySpace page:
On Friday after hearing the Paris Hilton news in regards to her going to jail, I decided to make this fake website to express my feelings about it being front page material....Read More About It:
This morning I woke up to calls from my bosses asking me why they were receiving phone calls and emails from different news outlets throughout world. Not country, WORLD. The reason being that I replaced one of the advertisements with an ad that linked to a website we've been pushing (www.omeletto.com, which luckily I just updated so it looks pretty sweet). I wanted to see how bad this was, so I logged into my web page's statistics and found that the article has received close to a million views in just under 3 days and has been growing somewhat exponentially.
• Paris Hilton Stabbed Multiple Times - MyCoalProductions.com hoax
• Paris Jail Stabbing Hoax - Sunday Times (Australia)
• Paris Hilton Dead, Bogus News Stories: Suicide & Stabbings - The Post Chronicle
• Q & A About Paris Hilton's Jail Sentence - Associated Press
• Paris Hilton Bio - About.com Celebrity Gossip
Comments
I don’t think she’ll act dumb anymore. She’ll prob. go to university, get a degree in some higher field, and cure cancer. And, lest we forget the pout face (See it here), we’ll never see that again. Mores the pity.
mullah cimoc say paris hilton the good and the courage. him not run away, but go to jail. this calld the charcter.
she the beautifuyl and the natural and having so many baby in future to be good wife and mother.
but lesbian ameriki and lesbian ameriki mans hating her for natural the beauty and normal liking the boy.
ameriki so wicked and hate the woman unless she killing the baby and liking the lesbian.
in waziristan this not happen. father him not allow anyone hurting him daughter. taking the “special measure”. but ameriki so tame now. no respect for self.
in waziristan whole clan attacking this wicked judge and destroy, and also destry him entire family, to include even the second cousin. and burn with fire. and all grave of ancestor destroy and give bone for dog.
hypocrite liar ameriki say him “free” the womans but in true..ameriki woman the whore with LBT (low back tattoo) and hate husband. only free to having the abortion kill bnaby , to being slut and bad wife not cooking.
so soon all ameriki need make freedom and destroy controlling of usa by masters in tel aviv through spy in white house and pentagon.
for him true and good info: stop1984now@yahoo.com
What can i do with this hoax ???
is coming everytime
again and again
thanks
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:17:17 -0400
From: Philips Mboma
To: Undisclosed Recipients
Subject: From Philips Mboma
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Capitec Bank
10 Quantum Road
Techno Park
Stellenbosch
7600
Hello Dear,
I am Philips Mboma, Senior Credit Officer, Capitec Bank Ltd
South Africa. I am writing following an opportunity in my office that
will be
of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $12.5 million
United States Dollars(Twelve Million,Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost
his life in
the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January
31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You can read more
about the crash on visiting this website.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because the
Bank cannot release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only
daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the
knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided
to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin
or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money
to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
We agreed that 20% of this money would be for you as foreign partner,
while the balance will be for my colleagues and I. We will visit your
country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated
above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me as
trust is our watchword in this transaction.
Note that this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as
you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail whether or
not you are willing to enter into this deal. In the event you are not
interested, I sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no
one about it. I am very careful on truncating my banking career should
you
mention this to someone else. I hope you can be trusted in this regard.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of
these funds to you has been finalized. We will discuss much in details
when I do receive your response.
Please in your response include your telephone and fax numbers for a
better communication between us.
You can reach me on this email:mboma2000@webmaill.co.za
Best regards,
Philips Mboma.