In the latest iteration of an ongoing scourge, scammers have been targeting Australian internet users with ads falsely claiming David “Kochie” Koch, the long-serving face of Seven breakfast television show Sunrise, is dead.
Flicking through your Twitter, Facebook or Instagram feed – or even among the banner ads on your favourite news site – you might have been confronted with posts lamenting the television personality’s demise, as social platforms and advertising companies struggle to block the ads.