Yahoo Australia targeted by adult dating scam

27 April 2006 04:16 PM
Tags: yahoo, scam, kidman, sex, dating, adult, target, date
Media portal Yahoo has again become a target for phishers, with a scam e-mail seeking to access Australian customer banking details under the pretence of hiring chat room moderators for an adult dating service doing the rounds.

A copy of the e-mail sighted by ZDNet Australia says that Yahoo Personals adult-oriented After Dark service will shortly be launching a moderated chat room service as part of an effort to promote a range of "IP sex toys", and wants to hire Australians to moderate the channel overnight in the US.

Recipients are advised to send details of proposed employees by urgent return e-mail, and are told payments of up to $US60 an hour can be made into the bank account of their choice. Such inducements are commonly used in online scams, either to access bank account details or as a confidence builder before attempting to seek payments from the recipients.

While many phishing scams are aimed at unwitting banking customers, portal sites such as Yahoo! and MSN, as well as ecommerce sites such as eBay, are also common targets. A recent survey by RSA suggests that phishing activity, while still high, has remained fairly constant in the past year.

A spokesperson for Yahoo7 said that so far, no complaints from customers about the scam had been received. In January, Yahoo relaunched its local operations under the Yahoo7 brand, in partnership with TV network Seven.

Advertisement

Talkback 5 comments

    Angie Rombell/Annie WilliamsTracy Davis -- 31/01/07

    Angie Rombell is starting her scams in australia she goes under Annie Williams as well I have all photos of her that she uses for all her scams she makes out she cares for you and loves you then after a few weeks she starts asking for money her email address on yahoo is ngrombell@yahoo.com and her profile is the same address ngrombell@yahoo.com watch out for her she has been doing this since 2000

    info on thisAnonymous -- 26/06/07 (in reply to #320073937)

    I would like it if you could email me the full story. and add in the pictures, she has been in contact with me and I would like to know more it this is true. thanks for you help Barry

    info requestAnonymous -- 01/07/07

    to barry if your after info for pictures type in angie rombell under google and look in nigerian scams white females it will be as annie williams what country are you in

    Angie RombellTerry Wells -- 11/10/07

    Hello,
    Angie Rombell has been in contact with me also.
    Sounds very nice and sweet, but also sounds to good to be true. I thought something was up. She says that she lives in the U.K. Is that true....are does anyone know where is really lives. Anyway....I'm glad I seen this site.
    Thank you,
    Greg

    adult dating scamsAnonymous -- 14/04/08

    You have to be very carfull with these sites, make sure they actually verify each member. One site that I know who does a through background check on its members is http://www.online4love.com I've never heard any negative complaints about them.

Add your opinion


Latest Videos

Blogs

  • Chris Duckett PayPal launches Aussie developer program
    PayPal announced the opening of its certification program for Australian developers today, making Australia the first country outside of the US to offer certification.
  • Array Cash cow in a BigTinCan?
    Around one third of Australia's telcos have shut their doors over time, but that isn't stopping new ventures hoping to chip away at carriers' mobile call bonanza. By fighting carriers at the smartphone rather than the home phone, could the latest two contenders be onto something big?
  • Array A third of the way to a zettabyte
    This week on Twisted Wire we look at how internet usage is changing in Australia and around the world. How are we meeting this demand and how is the cost structure changing for the service provider?
  • More blogs »

Tags

Back to top

Featured