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Domain real estate cyber-attack sees rental applicants asked to pay fake deposits by third party – 7NEWS.com.au
If you’ve tried to rent a property recently, then you may have been targeted by scammers.
Australian rental applicants have been targeted in an elaborate phishing scam after real estate listing portal, Domain, was hit by a cyber attack
In a statement to 7NEWS.com.au, Domain CEO Jason Pellegrino confirmed an unauthorised third party had gained access to its administrative systems.
As a result, some users who had made rental enquiries were then contacted by the scammers via email and asked to provide a deposit to secure their prefered property.
We have identified a scam that used a phishing…
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