{"id":29701,"date":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-latest-online-scam-and-how-to-spot-it\/"},"modified":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","slug":"the-latest-online-scam-and-how-to-spot-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-latest-online-scam-and-how-to-spot-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest online scam &#8212; and how to spot it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fake Origin Energy bills are being emailed to unsuspecting users, but there is a way to spot the scam, says Richard Pascoe.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The emails look legitimate, but are loaded with dangerous spyware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour antivirus is not going to grab this,\u201d Richard told Jade Robran on FIVEAA. \u201cI hate to tell people&#8230; It\u2019s up to you to distinguish, because it looks quite good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you click the link in it you will go to a fake Origin Energy website. But that\u2019s NOT the major issue&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re on the fake website, according to Richard, users are at risk of having their passwords stolen and their computers infected with malware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started getting phone calls about this yesterday\u2026. Even on a Mac we\u2019ve seen it infect Safari\u2026 it will take you elsewhere that you don\u2019t want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the dead giveaway you\u2019ve received a fake bill is if you see the URL: originenergysolar.net<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the thing you\u2019ve got to look for. That shows it\u2019s fake,\u201d Richard said. The real address is originenergy.com.au<\/p>\n<p>Richard recommended customers don\u2019t touch emails, but rather login into their accounts via the official website:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to really treat emails with such suspicion now because of things like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/cornesy-spotted-a-problem-during-adelaide-s-loss-off-the-field\"><strong>CORNESY SPOTTED A PROBLEM DURING ADELAIDE LOSS &#8212; OFF THE FIELD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/jon-blake\/rowey-cops-some-listener-feedback-behind-closed-doors\"><strong>STEPHEN ROWE COPS SOME LISTENER FEEDBACK &#8212; BEHIND CLOSED DOORS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake Origin Energy bills are being emailed to unsuspecting users, but there is a way to spot the scam, says Richard Pascoe. The emails look legitimate, but are loaded with dangerous spyware. \u201cYour antivirus is not going to grab this,\u201d Richard told Jade Robran on FIVEAA. \u201cI hate to tell people&#8230; It\u2019s up to you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The latest online scam - and how to spot it - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-latest-online-scam-and-how-to-spot-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The latest online scam -- and how to spot it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fake Origin Energy bills are being emailed to unsuspecting users, but there is a way to spot the scam, says Richard Pascoe. 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