chris
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A hot topic of discussion this week has been several fake shopping websites that have been shut down after scamming shoppers purchasing electronic goods online.
For more info:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/10/30/aussies-scammed-bogus-shopping-sites
It's good to see it was dealt with swiftly, but what do people think we can do to prevent these incidents in the first place?
Cheers,
Chris
Con artists have scammed unsuspecting Australians out of thousands of dollars through bogus shopping websites registered using the stolen credentials of legitimate businesses.
Six spurious websites with ".com.au" domain names have been identified in an investigation by West Australian customer protection officials.
The sites, which have now disappeared, took money for cut-price iPads, iPhones, cameras and other gadgets but never sent the goods to customers.
For more info:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/10/30/aussies-scammed-bogus-shopping-sites
It's good to see it was dealt with swiftly, but what do people think we can do to prevent these incidents in the first place?
Cheers,
Chris