- Apr 25, 2013
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The Malaysia Airlines tragedy is again proving disaster brings out the best and worst of human nature, with scammers now attempting to use it as a way to make money.
The consumer watchdog has issued a warning through its SCAMwatch website about criminals trying to cash in on the MH17 tragedy.
The SCAMwatch warning, issued this afternoon, says scammers are setting up fake Facebook pages in the name of victims from flight MH17.
The Facebook pages direct people to a blog that says it has information on flight MH17, and when the user clicks on the link to the blog they are subject to a series of pop-up advertisements.
If the user clicks on the advertisement, scammers then make money from the 'click-through' by driving potential customers to a business's website.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) runs the SCAMwatch website, and is urging people to only use reliable news sources and to be particularly wary of links posted on social networking sites.
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The consumer watchdog has issued a warning through its SCAMwatch website about criminals trying to cash in on the MH17 tragedy.
The SCAMwatch warning, issued this afternoon, says scammers are setting up fake Facebook pages in the name of victims from flight MH17.
The Facebook pages direct people to a blog that says it has information on flight MH17, and when the user clicks on the link to the blog they are subject to a series of pop-up advertisements.
If the user clicks on the advertisement, scammers then make money from the 'click-through' by driving potential customers to a business's website.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) runs the SCAMwatch website, and is urging people to only use reliable news sources and to be particularly wary of links posted on social networking sites.
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