Victims of online fraud say they’re passed from one authority to another when they try to report it, and they’re still made to feel they are to blame for being caught out by a scam.
Internet scamming is proving to be an attractive career to a considerable number of Nigerian students.
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It’s bad enough when someone loses money to an online scam. But some victims can also recruit others into the scam causing even further heartache and loss of money.
Reports of a drop in the number of people caught in online fraud is to be welcomed. But scammers are already changing their plans to bypass existing safeguards.
What if the police told you that you were being scammed – would you continue to send money?
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An estimated A$75,000 is lost by Australians everyday to online fraud but police are having some success in alerting people before they even know they’re being scammed.
It could happen to anyone – there’s no stereotype in the victims of online romance scams.
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Online dating and romance scams continue to lure in Australians with figures this week showing people have lost more than A$23 million this year alone, with average individual losses at A$21,000 – three…
Won’t get fooled again.
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How do you decide if you can trust someone? Is it based on their handshake, the way they look you in the eye, or perhaps their body language? We know that what someone wears has an effect on our trust…
We’re most at risk from cyber scams when distracted by events such as the World Cup.
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As rival football teams have been battling it out in this year’s World Cup, cyber criminals have had their eye on a different goal – to cash in on this global distraction at any opportunity. Among the…
Thinking you know every trick in the book doesn’t mean you really do.
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Crimes of confidence, known as scams, are on the rise. You probably know the basics. The way the most common type of scam works involves you being presented with an offer, product or service for which…
According to Australia’s consumer watchdog, small businesses are particularly vulnerable to online scams.
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Who has not experienced the scam phone call from someone purporting to want to fix a problem with Windows on your PC, or help you recoup a large sum of money being held in a trust just waiting for you…