The owner of a Sydney removalist business has been targeted by scammers who tanked her online reviews in a bid to extort money from her.

A sudden flurry of negative reviews came as a shock for Move It With Gina owner and single mother-of-six Gina.

"I started it 11 years ago, packing and cleaning," she said.

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"All my clients wanted a removalist so I ended up buying a truck.

"Four days ago we got one-star reviews in consecutive orders within every half an hour.

"When we had a look at the reviews and who they're from, we were like, 'we haven't serviced these people'."

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Then Gina started getting suspicious text messages.

"I have received A order for posting thirty bad rewiews (sic) on your business. Now he is ignoring My message please pay my loss. 60$. Otherwise I'm going to More One Star review," one of the messages said.

Gina said she ignored the messages.

Cybersecurity expert Simon Smith said there were a few tell-tale signs of a fake review.

It could include generic language and a succession of negative reviews in a short period of time.

"The most important thing is to never pay the extortion," Smith said.

For Gina, it took days for the reviews to be taken down.

9News attempted to get a response from the scammer on their number based overseas but they have since gone quiet.

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Melbourne's hospitality war has grown further with three more attacks overnight.

One of the latest victims says it is only a matter of time before someone is killed, while the home of another was shot at while his wife and children slept inside.

Two cars pulled up at a Pakenham home and rammed the electric gate before confronting the owner and firing a gunshot.

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The target was Dominic Porter, the co-owner of the Albion Hotel, which was set alight by arsonists two weeks ago.

This morning's ambush came just before 6am with Porter's wife and children asleep inside.

It was one of several early morning incidents.  

At 2.30am a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the George Hotel in South Melbourne.

Publican Scott Connolly said he feared for people's lives.

"The first thing that came to my mind this morning was thank God none of our staff were here," he said. 

"There was no one upstairs. People can die from this. Someone is going to die eventually. Like, it's so senseless." 

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He said he had not received any demands from a crime syndicate believed to be responsible.

"It makes zero sense to me why we would be targeted and for a business still finding its feet, it's really crippling," he said.

An hour after that attack, Lebanese restaurant Almina in Docklands was set ablaze.

The same restaurant was lit up in 2023 during the tobacco turf war.

This time police arrested three people nearby aged 16 to 22.

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There have been about a dozen attacks on hospitality venues since April, with Victoria Police setting up Operation Eclipse in a bid to try to combat the crime wave.

Some popular venues are taking extra safety measures.

The Emmerson in South Yarra has parked a large truck out the front of the venue after shots were fired at the entrance last week.

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One lucky winner walked away $1m richer in last week’s Lotto draw.

Valerie Morse says backing the US plan would endorse an illegal war.

There has been a frenzy to fill up at one Sydney service station this afternoon with fuel dropping to just 78¢ a litre.

Police were called in to deal with crowds as long queues formed at Metro Petroleum in Blacktown, in Sydney's west.

It's the lowest price for fuel in decades, but it was not a permanent price reduction..

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Instead, it was a result of a gift to Blacktown drivers from a former federal candidate.

Matthew Camenzuli said it "felt fantastic" to use some of the money he received from the government for getting 4 per cent of the vote to give some relief at the bowser.

"Normally the money goes to either the candidate or their political party and they put in their pockets. I don't want the taxpayers' money," he said.

"So petrol station here on Flushcombe Road, the fuel is now 78¢ a litre and it will be 78¢ a litre until the $10,000 runs out."

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Word quickly spread that the price had dropped to lows some said they had not seen for 20 years.

It comes amid predictions costs at the bower will only rise again as benchmark oil prices soar as a result of the Iran war.

After about three hours, Camenzuli's tab was dry.

He said he was not sure if he would contest the next federal election, but if he did he was sure to have won some easy votes.

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The driver said he and his colleagues are told to ‘just let’ non-paying passengers board.

The union says Rio Tinto is blocking a collective deal and stifling workers’ voice.

A woman has been charged with attempted arson after she allegedly set a police car on fire during a riot outside the Alice Springs Hospital on Thursday night.

A large crowd assembled outside where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl was being treated.

The 47-year-old man, identified by police as Jefferson Lewis, was arrested after the body of a child believed to be Kumanjayi Little Baby was discovered following a five-day search.

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The violence started late in the evening as the grieving crowd demanded the man be handed over to be dealt with by cultural traditions.

Tear gas was used by police in an effort to disperse protesters.

Lewis has been moved to Darwin in a bid to ease tensions in Alice Springs.

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During the unrest, police allege a woman used a lighter and dried grass to start a fire beneath a Southern Traffic Operations vehicle.

Officers said a woman was arrested at the scene and the fire was extinguished before it could spread further.

Police allege the vehicle suffered about $20,000 damage.

The woman has been charged with one count of attempt arson and one count of taking part in a riot.

She remains in custody and is expected to face court next week.

For 24/7 crisis support run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contact 13YARN (13 92 76).

Patrick Dixon continued the attack while the victim was unconscious and having a seizure.

Three Australian states have broken May heat records, with one capital city smashing a 144-year-old record.

The Tasmanian capital of Hobart recorded its hottest ever May day yesterday, exceeding the previous record of 25.7 degrees, Weatherzone reports.

The city hit 26.9 degrees just after 3pm, more than 12 degrees above its average May maximum of 14.6 degrees.

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Warm north-westerly winds contributed to other May records.

At least 20 weather stations in Victoria registered heat records on the same day.

This includes Avalon in Melbourne's western outskirts, which recorded 29.3 degrees at 1.02pm, exceeding the old record of 28 degrees.

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The city of Warrnambool in the state's south-west reached 28.3 degrees at 1.23pm.

May heat records were also broken in NSW.

Deniliquin in the western Riverina region hit 28.5 degrees yesterday, nudging just above the old record of 28.0 degrees.

Hay also exceeded its May record, hitting 29.2 degrees, beating the old record of 29.1 by a whisker.

Ivanhoe hit 29.5 degrees, beating the old record of 29.1 degrees.

Temperatures set to dip

A low pressure system is set to bring rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms to parts of Australia until at least the middle of next week.

A cold front is set to slowly cross into Victoria late today and into tomorrow.

The low pressure system is then expected to move over Bass Strait or southern Victoria on Monday, with a cool south-westerly airstream in its wake, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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A cold front and associated trough will also move into NSW.

The system is set to cross the state between tomorrow and early next week, bringing unsettled weather to southern inland parts of the state.

Residents in the ACT can expect mostly cloudy days with the chance of a shower next week.

Isolated coastal showers will continue in Queensland at least Tuesday as a high pressure system extends over the state from a slow moving high near New Zealand.

South Australian residents can expect a cold front in multiple parts of the state, with isolated showers expected for the west coast district and southern agricultural area.

There will be showers over southern parts of Western Australia until at least Tuesday, along with the chance of a thunderstorm over the western Pilbara tomorrow.

A trough which has moved into the Northern Territory's south-west is expected to reach the Simpson District by this evening.

Off the back of warmer temperatures, showers are expected to fall in many parts of Tasmania until at least Tuesday.

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