But these phony websites do raise a few important questions.The first is legal.
Part of the problem is that the design of Google's image search is such that you may be clicking on an image cached by Google that is coming from one of a malware network's many phony websites.
And let's not forget the rave reviews from media outlets like Wisconsin Reporter, which is bankrolled by Donors Trust, the preferred vehicle for the Koch donors network, and the phony "grassroots" website popped up by AFP operatives.
See Glass' phony corporate site.
The Yes Men's famed hoaxes include a collaboratively produced fake New York Times announcing the end of the Iraq War, a phony George W. Bush website celebrating the unsavory details of the then-Presidential candidate, and the false announcement of the World Trade Organization's dissolution in order to shift focus to helping the poor.
Apparently, the hacker was able to issue about 500 phony certificates for major websites including Google, enabling that fraudster to impersonate a legitimate site and thereby intercept, for example, Gmail communications.
Her father was mistakenly identified as con artist David Aminzadeh, who sneaked into past NBA events with phony credentials, according to The Undefeated website.
(While Harvard is now looking into rescinding the Kennedy School degree, reportedly because Heathfield registered under a phony name, it does appear from the website that the spy had absorbed some of the school's most enduring lessons namely, networking and obfuscation).
After learning that "Jonathan Lanza" was a phony, the New York Daily news removed the article from its website.
Goldenvoice has responded by using its website to advise fans on how to spot phony tickets and by hiring outside private investigators to track down counterfeiters.
