Eight fake shopping websites shut down following investigation
Bogus shopping websites which used the identity of real businesses have been shut down following an investigation by Western Australia ScamNet.
Bogus shopping websites which used the identity of real businesses have been shut down following an investigation by Western Australia ScamNet.
Western Australia ScamNet is warning renters in the state to watch out for fake rental property ads placed on websites such as Gumtree.
Perpetrators of Nigerian scams have turned West Australian government agency, ScamNet, against itself, impersonating the department to fleece $9000 from an unknown West Australian woman. This is the second time that hoaxers have impersonated a West Australian government agency, the first occurring when [[artnid:328180|they impersonated the WA Police in December 2009|WA Police leveraged in PayPal email scam]].