{"id":39206,"date":"2022-06-22T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=39206"},"modified":"2022-06-22T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:29:09","slug":"eight-words-that-saved-woman-from-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/eight-words-that-saved-woman-from-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight words that saved woman from scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: Scam alert. FILE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A woman had given her trust to a man she thought was a Westpac employee before an eight-word phrase saved her from disaster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/beware-real-estate-rental-scams\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Real-Estate-rental-scams-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"Real Estate rental scams\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Real-Estate-rental-scams-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/beware-real-estate-rental-scams\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">BEWARE: Real Estate rental scams<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description g_font-long-format\">\n<p>Eight words saved a woman from being fleeced by a highly sophisticated scammer, who targeted her while she was unwell with Covid-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chantel, from Victoria, received what appeared to be a legitimate text message from Medicare informing her she was a close contact with an Omicron case and needed to order a test.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/gold-coast-rental-scam-real-estate-agent-issues-warning-about-online-scammers-watch\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Facebook-Marketplace-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"online scammers\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Facebook-Marketplace-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/gold-coast-rental-scam-real-estate-agent-issues-warning-about-online-scammers-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gold Coast rental scam: Real estate agent issues warning about online scammers | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMedicare: You have been in close contact with someone who has contracted Omicron. You must order a free PCR test kit at:\u201d the text, which included a link to a fake Medicare website, read.<\/p>\n<p>Services Australia\u00a0last week warned Aussies against the potentially dangerous text\u00a0and told recipients to delete it from their phone immediately.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/woman-loses-732000-to-property-scam-after-responding-to-fake-email\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SCAM-460x270.png\" alt=\"property scam\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SCAM-460x270.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/woman-loses-732000-to-property-scam-after-responding-to-fake-email\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Woman loses $732,000 to property scam after responding to fake email<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>After clicking the link, Chantel was given the option to pay $1.49 for a test kit to be delivered to her door.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media image venti kskd-media\" data-kiosked-context-name=\"kskdUIContext_01g64fpw0m2964bcn8xj53kb2e\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img\" data-desiredimagesize=\"block_large_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img_img inline-image ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/c6de5c2098f415a21217436569cdf955\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1000px) 50vw, 650px\" alt=\"A woman who clicked this link was saved by eight words. Picture: Supplied\" width=\"650\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>A woman who clicked this link was saved by eight words. Picture: Supplied<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"kskd01g64fpx6reese1j4fkpy1s2rn\" class=\"kskdDiv kskdCls\" data-kiosked-role=\"anchor\" data-kiosked-type=\"in-line\" data-kioskid=\"01g64fpx6reese1j4fkpy1s2rn\" data-kiosked-cntrid=\"11548_130d810e9ed9a07bfe3f1312bf50261c\">\n<div class=\"kskdDiv\" data-kiosked-role=\"boundary\">\n<div class=\"kskdDiv\" data-kioskid=\"01g64fpx6reese1j4fkpy1s2rn\" data-kiosked-role=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"kskdDiv\" data-kskd-type=\"banner\" data-width=\"980\" data-height=\"120\" data-kskd-filled=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time, she was experiencing \u201call the Covid symptoms and so I wasn\u2019t really thinking clearly\u201d, she told\u00a0<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/crime\/he-had-me-how-victorian-woman-almost-fell-for-elaborate-medicare-scam-c-7199677\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"he-had-me-how-victorian-woman-almost-fell-for-elaborate-medicare-scam-c-7199677\" data-tgev-label=\"news\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">7 News<\/a>, so proceeded with trying to purchase the kit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/how-a-single-email-cost-a-couple-50000-in-a-property-scam-watch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Antonia-Mercorella-460x270.jpeg\" alt=\"property scam\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Antonia-Mercorella-460x270.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/how-a-single-email-cost-a-couple-50000-in-a-property-scam-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How a single email cost a couple $50,000 in a property scam | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shortly after sending payment, Chantel\u2019s phone began receiving calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe phone rang twice, one straight after the other, so I thought it must be really important,\u201d she told the publication.<\/p>\n<p>The person on the other line was a British man who \u201cspoke quite well\u201d and told her she had been stung by a common scam that Westpac bank was going to protect her from.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/beware-new-instagram-scam-targets-top-real-estate-agents\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scammers-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"top real estate agents\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scammers-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/beware-new-instagram-scam-targets-top-real-estate-agents\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">BEWARE: New Instagram scam targets top real estate agents<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>The man posing as a Westpac employee told her scammers were trying to take $1000 from her account before the bank intercepted the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>After raising her suspicions with the man that he could be a scammer, she was told to Google the number so she could see it belonged to the bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure enough, it came up that it was under Westpac,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/hackers-stole-52000-from-brisbane-grandparents-in-real-estate-scam-watch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ANZ-Bank-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"ANZ Bank\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ANZ-Bank-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/hackers-stole-52000-from-brisbane-grandparents-in-real-estate-scam-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hackers stole $52,000 from Brisbane grandparents in real estate scam | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having secured her trust, the man then told Chantel she would receive a text containing a verification code she would need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe text came up straight away but I was still a bit unsure, so he asked whether I had a landline so I could have called the bank to confirm,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media image kskd-media\" data-kiosked-context-name=\"kskdUIContext_01g64fpw0rkxap71tnhq2k91dx\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img\" data-desiredimagesize=\"block_large_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img_img inline-image ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/81841e884721d782dde765e4052cef94\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1000px) 50vw, 650px\" alt=\"When the woman said she would call her bank, the man hung up. Picture: iStock\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>When the woman said she would call her bank, the man hung up. Picture: iStock<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her next move was what saved her from catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I told him, \u2018I\u2019ll hang up and call the bank now,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s when I heard a clunk and he\u2019d gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/house-hunter-scammed-loses-1-million-watch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Property-Scam-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"Property Scam\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Property-Scam-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/house-hunter-scammed-loses-1-million-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">House hunter scammed, loses $1 million | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Him ending the call was all she needed for confirmation he was a hacker.<\/p>\n<p>Chantel was left shaken by the experience and has a new appreciation for how easily people can be fooled into giving away their savings.<\/p>\n<p>Westpac said it would never use verification codes when taking payments.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"h3\"><b>Hacker poses as real estate agency<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chantel\u2019s experience is one of thousands reported by Australians every week, including a West Australian woman who\u00a0last month revealed she lost more than $700,000\u00a0after opening one email.<\/p>\n<p>She was in the process of buying a property in Perth last month, when she received what she thought was an email from her settlement agent, who\u00a0asked for money to be deposited into a bank account prior to settlement.<\/p>\n<p>There were \u201cauthentic-looking documents\u201d attached, but devastatingly, the whole thing turned out to be fake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/former-police-sergeant-who-claimed-vacant-houses-in-property-scam-has-jail-term-cut\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rosa-Rossi-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"Rosa Rossi\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rosa-Rossi-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/former-police-sergeant-who-claimed-vacant-houses-in-property-scam-has-jail-term-cut\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former Police sergeant, who claimed vacant houses in property scam, has jail term cut<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>The scammers used a generic Hotmail email address with the agency\u2019s name and included bank account details to an account they had control over. They stole $732,000.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"h3\"><b>Scammers use pornographic content<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hackers have started taking racy steps to target Australian businesses, dumping\u00a0pornographic content on their Facebook pages in a disturbing attack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/fake-real-estate-agent-scam\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ms-Bryen-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"Jessa Bryen\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ms-Bryen-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/fake-real-estate-agent-scam\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fake real estate agent scam<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brisbane woman Anita Plath shared her story of being hacked in the middle of the night just over a month ago, waking up to a flurry of emails from Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was all done at 2.50am in the morning, so by the time I woke up and saw it, it was too late,\u201d Ms Plath told 9 News.<\/p>\n<p>The scammer reset Ms Plath\u2019s password, added a new email address and changed her security settings before wreaking havoc on Dibble Locksmiths and Australian Security Brokers (ASB) Facebook business pages.<\/p>\n<p>The cyber robber changed the profile pictures on both business to show women in racy outfits before posting pornographic content on the pages.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"h3\"><b>Instagram mums targeted<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Overseas hackers have recently swindled Instagram mothers out of more than $20,000 in a foul technique that involved posing as them online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/first-home-owner-dream-crushed-by-133000-scam\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/first-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"First home\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/first-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/first-home-owner-dream-crushed-by-133000-scam\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">First home owner dream crushed by $133,000 scam<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brisbane influencer and entrepreneur Anna van Dijk, who runs an Instagram page with more than 28,000 followers,\u00a0<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/online\/hacking\/instagram-overseas-hackers-swindle-followers-of-more-than-20000\/news-story\/6d4dbd62c0ae1eea988f44d5a829b88c\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"6d4dbd62c0ae1eea988f44d5a829b88c\" data-tgev-label=\"technology\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">had her identity<\/a> <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/online\/hacking\/instagram-overseas-hackers-swindle-followers-of-more-than-20000\/news-story\/6d4dbd62c0ae1eea988f44d5a829b88c\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"6d4dbd62c0ae1eea988f44d5a829b88c\" data-tgev-label=\"technology\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">stolen\u00a0<\/a>after an email was sent to her with a link in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked 100 per cent legit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But after clicking on the link, Ms van Dijk was hacked and locked out of her account.<\/p>\n<p>The internet thieves took over her page, posing as the influencer while they asked her followers to invest in a scheme.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated around $24,000 was transferred by local mums to the hackers.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE VIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/online\/hacking\/woman-saves-herself-from-hacker-with-clever-eightword-phrase\/news-story\/5625c0e5ddf7342e6a6c5763fe3be5ea\">NEWS.COM.AU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTO: Scam alert. 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