Glam radio star warns scammers are cloning her Facebook profile to swindle Aussie fans out of money – here’s how to spot if you’ve been had
- Hot 100 radio presenter Danielle McMurrich has had her Facebook hacked
- The young DJ claims a hacker is duplicating her Facebook profile to scam others
- They were offering 20 ‘lucky people’ $1,000 each as part of a competition
- Northern Territory Consumer Affairs’ Rebecca Davey has warned to be vigilant
An Australian radio presenter has warned followers that scammers are ‘duplicating’ her Facebook page in order to run fake competitions and get their credit card details.
Hot 100 co-host Danielle McMurrich, who lives in the Northern Territory, took to her real social media account on May 6 to address the growing hacker problem.
‘My Facebook page has been duplicated numerous times the last two weeks and is being used to scam people. Please stay alert,’ she said.
Hot 100 co-host Danielle McMurrich, who lives in the Northern Territory, took to her real social media account on May 6 to address the growing hacker problem
One of the pages was promoting a fake event giving 20 people the chance to win a ‘special prize’ of $1,000 but it’s understood people are being asked to provide their credit card details to enter the draw
One of the pages was promoting a fake event giving 20 people the chance to win a ‘special prize’ of $1,000 but it’s understood people are being asked to provide their credit card details to enter the draw.
Northern Territory Consumer Affairs Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Davey told Hot 100 listeners that fake profiles appeared to be a new scam trend.
‘We have received a number of reports about scams on Facebook [but] not so much through the use of fake profiles,’ Ms Davey said.
Northern Territory Consumer Affairs Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Davey told Hot 100 listeners that fake profiles appeared to be a new scam trend
She said: ‘It is a bit of an emerging strategy where scammers are obviously using celebrities or local identities to hook people into thinking something is legitimate and then taking away your money or your personal information’
‘It is a bit of an emerging strategy where scammers are obviously using celebrities or local identities to hook people into thinking something is legitimate and then taking away your money or your personal information.’
Some of the key ways to identify a scammer is to see if they have spelt Danielle’s name slightly differently, and to look for spelling and grammatical errors.
Claims that either don’t make sense or are too good to be true are other things to be wary of.
Claims that either don’t make sense or are too good to be true are other things to be wary of
‘For example if they’re offering a prize, why would you then need to give your credit card details, that just doesn’t make sense,’ Ms Davey said.
‘Huge discounts or exclusive offers, short term time limits to collect your prize.
‘Scammers are relying on you to act quickly and not consider things carefully so slow down and take the time to look at things in detail.’
Ms Davey argued that reporting a scam is the best way for law enforcement to track down the hackers and bring them to justice.