A Brisbane business owner is warning others to beware of email scams after he lost hundreds of dollars and access to his social media when hackers stole his details and listed them on the dark web. George Frilingos was someone who was always cautious about links in emails and potential scams.
Hackers using social media to trap Aussies in elaborate scams. However, the 10-pin bowling professional had just purchased something overseas and was expecting an email receipt when the scam email came through. “I clicked a receipt which I believed was going to show me the Australian amount of what I’d purchased,” he told 7NEWS. “It wasn’t what I was expecting, but I didn’t think anything of it.