Police agencies across Australia put out alerts Monday declaring as fake text messages and emails sent to thousands of Australians that said they had two days to pay $5,000 or die. The Australians who received the messages were told not to respond and delete the message.The messages started assaulting mobile phones and email accounts Sunday. Police did not provide an exact figure but said they were surprised by the scope of the scam. While authorities are still investigating, past hoaxes have originated in west Africa, typically Nigeria."This is not a random event. This is organized crime," Hay said, noting the complexities of pulling off a scam of this magnitude. I was be to scared if I was one of the people who received that message.
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It would be frightening to get a text message like this!!!
ReplyDeleteI would have been terrified to get a text message like that.
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