Social engineering, ways for criminals to exploit your trust, fears, and mistakes to steal your money in a banking scam or steal confidential information.
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Banks Check Fraud Challenges
technology has been revolutionizing the way people conduct day-to-day business, but it has also opened the door to new forms of check fraud.
Continue ReadingSophisticated Banking Scam
A young couple has lost their entire life savings to a sophisticated banking scam. The criminals posing as Westpac staff to steal $100,000.
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Victims of bank account takeover scams express how terrifying it was to wake up and see $5,000 stolen from their checking account.
Continue ReadingSophisticated Wire Transfer Fraud
Courtney Black lost more than $11,000 after scammers texted and called her pretending to be from her bank and offered to cancel a fraudulent wire transfer.
Continue ReadingHow Scammers Con People
The so-called ‘romance scam’ that every day sees unsuspecting online daters conned out of tens of thousands of pounds by scammers.
Continue ReadingHackers Target Political Money
Politicians are experiencing an increase in theft from their campaign funds by hackers, with cyber criminals targeting these massive campaign accounts.
Continue ReadingCredit Card Skimmers in Walmart
Police are issuing a warning after a string of suspected thefts in New York from credit card skimmers in Walmart.
Continue ReadingScammers and Financial Fraud
Falling victim to scammers is an awful feeling. The theft of money or personal information and being tricked by lowlife crooks is enough to enrage anyone.
Continue Reading$100 Million Tax Scam
They set up Australia’s biggest tax scam, then it all came crashing down. But the conspirators had no idea police were listening in on every conversation.
Continue ReadingTax Refund Scams
The IRS is warning taxpayers to look out for new tax refund scams that trick people to believe they are owed a refund.
Continue ReadingBanks Caught up in Cyber Breach
There are fears customers banking details may have been compromised in a recent cyber breach on law firm HWL Ebsworth.
Continue ReadingBank of America Scam
An Australian in London who was the victim of a million-dollar fraud has detailed how the scam was run from inside one of the world’s biggest banks.
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