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New 911 'Swatting' Prank Sends SWAT Team to Your Home
It's called swatting because the end result of these malicious calls is usually the SWAT team being sent to someone's home. Southern Californians Doug and Stacey Bates were preparing to go to sleep, and were rudely interrupted when their house was raided by a SWAT team sent by a call from 18 year-old Randal Ellis. Ellis, who lives in Washington, was able to leverage the VoIP bug to convince 911 operators that he was not just calling from California, but from within the Bates's home.
How World Leaders Call Each Other
Do you ever wonder how someone like the President gets in touch with other world leaders? Let's say the President of the United States wants to speak to Nicolas Sarkozy. The normal procedure involves aides or White House operators calling assistants or operators for Sarkozy. An appointment for the leaders to speak is established. Aides to Sarkozy will call back the White House to confirm the appointment, and then patch the leaders through to each other at the appropriate time. It's not exactly speed-dial.
Palin Gets Prank Called by Fake French President Sarkozy
A comedy duo called 'The Masked Avengers' from a Montreal-based radio station pulled off an impressive feat when they managed to get Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin on the phone and convince her she was talking to French president Nicholas Sarkozy.
Palin doesn't seem to figure out that it's a prank call, despite obvious clues. The prank caller makes a joking reference that Sarkozy can see Belgium from his house, and requests that Palin take him hunting from a helicopter -- not what we would usually think of as Presidential chit chat. The fake Sarkozy even tells Palin his wife, former model and singer Carla Bruni, is "hot in bed."
The one disappointing thing about the whole bit is that it isn't actually funny. In fact, prank phone calls are only really funny if you're the one making the call, and you're 12. For other some funnier, or at least intriguing, pranks, check out the gallery below. [From: BoingBoing]
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