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Someone impersonating health dept. to schedule appointments
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The Barren River District Health Department is warning the public of a scam going around. According to the health department, there is a person(s) pretending to be with the health department and is requesting personal information in order to ‘schedule appointments.’ Officials with the health department say if you receive …
Stratford woman arrested near U.S. Capitol for impersonating an officer
She was taken for a mental health evaluation, and remains in custody. STRATFORD, Conn. — A Stratford woman is under arrest for trying to impersonate an officer while in the nation’s Capitol. U.S. Capitol Police say Linda MaGovern, 63, tried to talk her way through a security checkpoint. When she was unsuccessful she tried to …
No evidence of bots impersonating NHS over coronavirus, says Twitter | Technology
Twitter has said there is no evidence of bot networks being used to manipulate the conversation around the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, contradicting widely-circulated claims that the government was using anonymous online accounts to boost its standing. Epidemics of infectious diseases behave in different ways but the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million …