Aussies getting ripped off by fake porn scam

SYDNEY: A fake porn scam has come out to be one of the most popular ways of ripping Australians, with international fraudsters netting about 70 million dollars in the past year alone.

Online payment company PayPal and Crime Stoppers Australia say the porn scam baits innocent people who have sent electronic goods overseas by claiming that their wares contained illegal pornographic material.

According to figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, it was just one of a large number of online scams that netted 20,000 Australian victims last year.