I caught the tail end of a report on the Today show this morning that some lout with a vague accent of some sort was passing himself off as Kim Ledger in New York.
Now, where did I leave my whip? 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/hoax-ledger-caller-traced-to-the-uk/2008/02/03/1201973720766.htmlHoax Ledger caller traced to the UK
February 3, 2008 - 11:47AM
excerpt:A hoax caller who reportedly tried to swindle cash out of Hollywood stars by posing as Australian actor Heath Ledger's grieving father has been traced to the United Kingdom.
Reports in the UK say New York Police have traced the con-artist to the seaside town of Scarborough in northeastern England.
The conman phoned Tom Cruise asking for emotional support and tried to convince John Travolta to pay for his air fare from Australia to the United States, earlier reports said.
The man began pulling the stunt just hours after 28-year-old Ledger died in his Manhattan apartment and also contacted Mel Gibson, Halle Berry and Christian Bale.
US police sources told the UK's The Sun newspaper that two numbers - a landline and mobile - had been tracked down to a dingy block of bedsit flats in the Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough.
The mobile was said to be registered to a 35-year-old local man.
A police source told the newspaper: "How would a nobody in that flat have the numbers of two of the world's biggest film stars?
"Investigators are also asking what was his motive. It's bizarre.
"All roads currently lead to this man. And he may soon get a knock at his door."
New York police are leading the inquiry but North Yorkshire detectives may be drafted in, The Sun said.
