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By Mathew Dickerson
July 13 2018 - 5:00am
Don’t be scared: The online world offers us a huge number of advantages but you just have to be vigilant in your approach.
Don’t be scared: The online world offers us a huge number of advantages but you just have to be vigilant in your approach.

We had a frustrating incident this week. Our good business name was used by someone, somewhere in the world to try and fleece 45,000 people across the world of their hard-earned money. It is a common scenario that scamsters use – try and impersonate a reputable company and ask people for details or money. There are many examples we are seeing of this at the moment. I am sure most people have had a phone call from a ‘Telstra technician’ telling them they have a virus and they will fix it for free. If anyone falls for this tactic, the friendly ‘Telstra’ technician directs the person through the process of installing a virus on their computer that will send every keystroke to the scamster. This will include their bank passwords and every other piece of information typed into their computer. The scamsters keep changing their game so, just like a medical virus that constantly morphs, any standard scam that people become familiar with is constantly changed so that people may be tricked. And don’t feel bad if you are tricked. The scamsters are VERY clever. 

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