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- ‘Long way to go’ as record number of scams reported according to Australian Financial Complaints Authorityby Kat Wong on October 30, 2024 at 11:05 pm
Consumers and small businesses reported an 81 per cent increase in scams over the past year.
- Brisbane woman escapes Australia Post scam: Essential tips for online shoppers ahead of Black Friday sales and Christmas rushby Dominique Tassell on October 28, 2024 at 1:37 am
‘Do not click.’
- Services Australia warns Aussies as fake $890 Centrelink bonus payment clickbait scam does the roundsby Hayley Taylor on October 25, 2024 at 1:43 am
‘These payments don’t exist.’
- ‘Urgent alert’ over bulk email extortion message targeting hundreds of Australiansby Ailish Delaney on October 23, 2024 at 1:29 am
The messages are ‘intended to terrify the individual reading it’.
- Elaborate scam cost Adelaide sisters $2.7k for Olivia Rodrigo Melbourne concert ticketsby Sowaibah Hanifie on October 17, 2024 at 6:38 am
‘We were extremely upset, confused, and worried …’
- Westpac struck by fourth major outage this weekby Amelia Brace, Bryce Luff and Dominique Tassell on October 17, 2024 at 5:57 am
Customers have slammed the bank for its ‘total lack of communication’.
- Victorian woman loses $35,000 in online scam, shattering wedding dreamsby Molly Magennis on October 9, 2024 at 4:01 am
The young woman can no longer afford her dream wedding.
- Scam alert: Westpac identifies Australia’s most affected postcodes in 2023by Molly Magennis on September 26, 2024 at 10:21 pm
Here’s what you need to do to protect yourself.
- ATO announces name change coming to myGovID in November to avoid confusion with myGov servicesby Hayley Taylor on September 25, 2024 at 8:23 am
The change comes as the ATO has warned users to be on the lookout for impersonation scams.
- Nearly 40,000 Aussie tradies at risk after major data leak at hardware chainby Caleb Taylor on September 19, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Credit card numbers, email addresses and other log-in details have been compromised.
- Experts warn Albanese’s social media ban is not the salve for cyber safety, as grieving parents push for the changeby Dominique Tassell and Hayley Taylor on September 16, 2024 at 9:51 am
The Albanese government’s plan to block youngsters from social media has divided opinion.
- ‘Serious harm’: Highest number of data breaches in years revealed in new reportby Hayley Taylor on September 16, 2024 at 2:05 am
‘We are moving into a new era in which our expectations of entities are higher.’
- Business owner’s warning after hackers steal credit card, personal details in email scamby Ailish Delaney on September 14, 2024 at 9:14 pm
‘It happened very quickly.’
- Tech giants, banks, telcos to face $50 million fines if they fail to protect scam victimsby Jacob Shteyman on September 13, 2024 at 2:20 am
The $50 million fines are the latest assault in the war on scams.
- John was a cop for two decades. He says tech giants are putting profits before kids’ protectionby Dominique Tassell on September 4, 2024 at 6:13 am
It’s not about ‘if’ but ‘when’ our kids will be targeted online, he said.
- Adelaide woman transferred $50,000 to her boyfriend – then he disappearedby Sowaibah Hanifie on August 31, 2024 at 11:03 pm
Police say she’s one of many people who have been left heartbroken and thousands of dollars out of pocket.
- Former Aussie bank employee steals customer details to swindle $53,000 in their namesby Hayley Taylor on August 28, 2024 at 7:54 am
Suspicions over the 26-year-old man‘s activities were first raised in 2022.
- Australians lost more than $293 million to investment scams last yearby Sowaibah Hanifie on August 27, 2024 at 2:26 am
Andrew felt hopeful before the relationship took a chilling turn.
- The phone call that almost cost Laura her life savingsby Dominique Tassell on August 24, 2024 at 5:41 am
Laura thought the person on the other end of the line was trying to help — but they almost stole everything from her.
- Adelaide Airport evacuated over security breachby Dominique Tassell on July 29, 2024 at 3:35 am
The breach comes just over a week after a mass IT outage wreaked havoc on airports across the globe.