Fake news posts claiming Rowan Atkinson has died are circulating on social media.
The stories falsely report the Consett born Mr Bean star died in a car crash in Los Angeles, and have been widely shared on Facebook and
Twitter.
But the posts - which claim to be from Fox News - are fake and reportedly link to a scam website which can give your computer a virus.
Their headline reads: “FOX BREAKING NEWS: ‘Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)’ died at 62 After Crashing his Car on Attempt perfecting a Stunt - Today July, 2017”.
If you see the post on your timeline, do not click on it. It is not by Fox News, and the video it prompts does not exist.
Newcastle University graduate and Johnny English star Atkinson has been a frequent victim of hoax stories claiming he has died.
Similar posts circulated in 2016 and in March this year.
Myth debunking site Hoax Slayer say some of the links will direct you to fake security error pages, which claim your computer has been locked and ask you to ring a support number.
Hoax Slayer says you should definitely NOT call that number.
They say: “You will be prompted to call a ‘support number’ urgently to seek help with the supposed security issue. However, if you do call as instructed, tech support scammers will try to trick you into giving them your credit card details, ostensibly to pay for the repair of your computer.
The scammers may also try to trick you into downloading software that will allow them to take control of your computer, steal your files, and install malware.”
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Meet the High School Dropout Who Is Now the Richest Self-Made Woman on Earth
Elizabeth Holmes, the 33-year-old founder of the healthcare tech firm Theranos, was once the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion according to Forbes.
Then Theranos burned through its cash and was sued for fraud. The company recently put its Palo Alto headquarters put up for rent, and Holmes’ net worth has plummeted to effectively zero.
So who is the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world now?
According to Bloomberg data provided to Money, the distinction now belongs to Zhou Qunfei, 47, the founder and CEO of Lens Technology, which makes glass screens for iPhones. Qunfei’s company went public in 2015, instantly making her a multi-billionaire.
Her net worth has been estimated lately at over $9 billion. That makes Zhou not only the youngest self-made female billionaire, but also the richest self-made woman on earth period.
“[She is] probably the most successful self-made woman in the world,” Rupert Hoogewerf, editor of China wealth tracking site Hurun, told the Australian Financial Review (AFR) in 2015. “This is somebody that nobody in the world knew about this time last year. It’s a phenomenal story.”
Zhou is the wealthiest of the class of self-made female billionaires in China, the country that has the most of them, according to Hurun. They’re the product of the Chinese Communist party’s commitment to gender equality, which “[allowed] women to flourish after capitalism started to take hold,” Huang Yasheng, an MIT professor and expert in China’s entrepreneurial class, told the New York Times.Zhou grew up on a farm and dropped out of high school at age 16 to start working on the floor of a watch lens factory. She came of age at the perfect time to get in early on China’s liberalizing market. With only a few thousand dollars, she founded her own company making watch lenses in 1993, at the age of 22.
“During the period of China’s rapid economic growth, there were plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs, including women,” she told AFR. “It allowed me to develop my business.”
In another interview with the Times in 2015, Zhou told of making a compromise familiar to women across the world.
“In the village where I grew up, a lot of girls didn’t have a choice of whether to go to middle school. They would get engaged or married and spend their entire life in that village,” she told the Times from her office, in which a statue of Mao can be found.
“I chose to be in business, and I don’t regret it.”
The business grew slowly but steadily for a decade. Then one day in 2003, Zhou got a call from Motorola, which was looking to develop a scratch-proof glass lens for its new Razr V3 phone.
“I got this call, and they said, ‘Just answer yes or no, and if the answer’s yes, we’ll help you set up the process,’” Ms. Zhou recalled to the Times. “I said yes.”
The company’s trajectory was set from that point, with orders coming in from HTC, Nokia, Samsung, and in 2007, Apple, which was rolling out the first iPhone.
With that, Zhou’s company was able to invest in more facilities and hire better technicians. Within five years, she had manufacturing plants under construction in three cities.
Today, the company is worth approximately $11 billion, and Bloomberg puts Zhou’s net worth at $9.2 billion. Lens Technology now has at least 32 factories in seven different locations and employs more than 90,000 staff, according to AFR.
Zhou is married with two children (one from a previous marriage). She works 18-hour days, and keeps a living quarters in her office. She reportedly prefers Christian Dior suits, but otherwise it’s unclear how she uses her vast wealth.
The Times describes Zhou as very detail-oriented and hands-on — a quality she says she developed growing up poor with a half-blind father; everything in the house had to be arranged so he wouldn’t get injured, she says. At the same time Zhou “exudes charm and humility, a quiet recognition that things could have easily turned out differently,” the Times says.”She is a very self-motivated, determined person,” Peng Mengwu, vice-general manager at Lens Technology told AFR. “She suffered a lot of hardship in her childhood and because of this, she worked hard to change her destiny.”
Kumkum bhagya: Police arrested Tanu and Abhi
Tanu calls Aaliya and asks her to come to Police station and bail her out. She tells that Purab and Pragya trapped her and got her arrested. Aaliya is shocked.
Kumkum Bhagya: Purab Save Abhi's from Tanu evil plan.
Tanu start dancing sensually on the song Yeh Raat Rukjaaye….Abhi gets uncomfortable. Tanu tries to get closer to him……Abhi imagines Pragya instead of Tanu. Purab asks Pragya to sit calmly and says everything is in under control, think that Abhi is save there. Abhi dances with Tanu thinking her to be Pragya. Abhi gets closer to her. Tanu thinks medicine effect is on and thinks now they will marry.
Inspector tells Pragya that she can take Abhi home. Tanu asks what about me. Pragya says I don’t know her. She is just a model who came here to shoot with my husband, but made him drunk much. Tanu says I am his to be wife. Pragya says you are nobody to him.
Kumkum bhagya: Abhi is under Tanu evil plans.
kumkum bhagya episode 387- PRAGYA BEGS FOR ABHI'S LOVE
Raj tells Pragya that whenever she needs someone then he is with her. Tanu hears him and gets angry. Abhi tells Pragya that he will walk on her way. Pragya asks what? .
‘Black stool’ kills 25 in Ashantiregion
strange circumstances over a period of time
at Ejuratia, a community in the Ashanti
Region.
Odikro of Ejuratia, Nana Antwi Boasiako
Kwakye Piagyi II, believes a black stool
belonging to the people of Mami which is
close to Ejuratia, is responsible for the
deaths.
He consequently ordered for the removal of
the black stool from a house, which is
situated at Ejuratia to help stop the deaths
and other problems.
According to him, the black stool possesses
spiritual powers that had killed several
people who are residing in the town.
He claimed that the powers in the black stool
had also caused severe socio-economic
problems for the people of Ejuratia in recent
times.
Nana Kwakye Piagyi II made the revelation in
an interview during Kumasi-based Kessben
FM programme.
The Ejuratia regent said for some time now,
some residents of his town had complained to
him about rampant deaths in the area.
According to him, his people told him that a
black stool of the Mami people, being kept in
a house at Ejuratia, was responsible for the
premature deaths.
"As a responsible chief who cares about the
welfare of his people, I ordered for the black
stool to be removed from Ejuratia
immediately," he said.
Nana Kwakye Piagyi II was hopeful that the
removal of the black stool would help end the
premature deaths and other problems in the
town.
Meanwhile, one Nana Bonsu, who claimed to
be a linguist at Mami said the Ejuratia chief
ordered some boys to forcibly break into the
stool room.
Nana Bonsu said ideally, the Ejuratia chief
should have ensured that the traditional
norms were followed in order to take the
stool from Ejuratia.
He told Kessben FM that some of the boys
sent by the Ejuratia chief manhandled him
when they stormed the room in the
afternoon.
"I do not believe that the black stool caused
deaths in the town, and even if we should
relocate the stool, we should have done it in
the night," he added.