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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. […]

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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.

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