Gold Logie winner falls victim to online scam as picture of a man getting arrested goes viral
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Channel Seven star Larry Emdur is the latest Aussie celebrity tor fall victim to an online image scam. The Gold Logie winner's image is being used on multiple fake news stories that have popped up as sponsored posts on Reddit. The posts, shared to Reddit by the account Fidelfromuruguay, purport to be news stories from the ABC about Emdur.
![[The posts, shared to Reddit by the account Fidelfromuruguay, purport to be news stories from the ABC about Emdur.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/02/94196023-14294733-image-a-60_1737081416046.jpg)
One post shows a picture of Emdur next to a group of Police with the headline: 'Is this the end of his career. - Larry regrets his words. he didn't know the microphone was on. The account added: 'How would you act in this situation,' to the clickbait post.
![[Readers would end up at the site news18breaking.com that was set upto be a replica of the ABC homepage]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94196021-14294733-Readers_would_end_up_at_the_site_news18breaking_com_that_was_set-a-47_1737083555484.jpg)
A second post from the same account showed Larry apparently being interviewed on a podcast. Channel Seven star Larry Emdur is the latest Aussie celebrity tor fall victim to an online image scam. The post read: Larry's career is facing major problems. He didn't notice that the microphone was switched on.'.
![[The site featured a fake story, purportedly written by Alan Kohler, about the Bank Of Australia suing Emdur over on-air comments. Emdur is pictured with fellow Channel Seven star Kylie Gillies]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/02/94196819-14294733-image-a-62_1737081528555.jpg)
While the posts both featured the ABC News logo, the link they took unsuspecting redditors to was anything but. Readers would end up at the site news18breaking.com that was set uto be a replica of the ABC homepage. The site featured a fake story, purportedly written by Alan Kohler, about the Bank Of Australia suing Emdur over on-air comments.
![[However the story was a thinly veiled advertisement for a get-rich-quick trading site. Emdur is pictured with wife Sylvie]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94196027-14294733-However_the_story_was_a_thinly_veiled_advertisement_for_a_get_ri-a-48_1737083555546.jpg)
However the story was a thinly veiled advertisement for a get-rich-quick trading site. The story claimed that Emdur was the host of Channel Seven's Sunrise and featured a concocted transcript of a conversation between Emdur and fellow Seven colleague Natalie Barr about a company called Stratice.
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