Fake Philly news station KLMT created for scam
Updated July 1, 12:00 p.m.: A reader suggests that the site generates location information dynamically, so this is not a Philly-specific scam. We verified this fact with a virtual browser renderer.
No, that’s not a new local news station to compliment Philadelphia’s famed television channels. KLMT News 3 35-year veteran reporter Katie Wilson doesn’t exist.
Despite a mostly convincing Web site that includes Philly’s forecast, a Philadelphia tag-line and an attractive Photoshop mock-up of several lead anchors, the site’s a scam, reports Lost Remote.
Well duh, right? It might not trick the locals, but it’s a convincing presentation that could lead readers outside the region to believe that a local reporter has actually researched the prospect of making cash from Google Adwords. Links throughout the site lead to Google Money Master.
In fact, according to the site, our faker Wilson reports that the station secretary Vivian quit her job to pursue the promising $70 per hour work-from-home gig. We hear that, Viv, we hear that.
Hat tip to TVSpy Shop Talk.
3 Responses to “Fake Philly news station KLMT created for scam”
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cpm on July 1st, 2009
I don’t think this site is tailored for Philadelphia. It guesses your location based off your IP and fills in the location-specific stuff dynamically.
Brian James Kirk on July 1st, 2009
Thanks for the heads-up Chaz, you’re right. We’ve updated the story with that information.
Karen on July 2nd, 2009
Yeah, it’s called Geo-Tracking. If you make a post on craigs list, they get your email from there and they spam you with a bot that says, ‘he do you need some extra money?’ then whatever you answer, it auto resonds to you with a link to pages like this. There are a TON of them out there. Thanks for the story. I’m sure lots of people are being tricked. Cant you get the site pulled for copywriter infringement?