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Avoid Internet Scams and ripoffs
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May 17, 2012 9:47 AM
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April 9, 7:57 PM
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QR codes are so familiar and widespread, we tend to trust them without question. That’s exactly what scammers rely on.
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April 6, 6:30 PM
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While Nathan Ide said there were crypto firms that operated ethically in Australia, he said some, like Bitget, were the equivalent of gambling.
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March 29, 5:15 PM
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The Stormer brothers, inspired by Silicon Valley, hosted a yacht party to celebrate their education empire. Now they are accused of fleecing staff, students and parents.
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March 29, 5:10 PM
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A sting on a would-be recruit for a local company blows the lid on a global scam funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars to Pyongyang and sparking security fears.
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March 23, 5:43 PM
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Gambling is being promoted as fun, social and "harmless" for women through social media and lifestyle marketing, in a shift researchers warn is normalising betting and obscuring the risks.
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March 23, 5:29 PM
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A multi-billion dollar industry is putting cash back in consumers’ pockets. But there’s a catch.
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March 21, 7:58 PM
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In a matter of minutes, Ash Raso lost access to everything from her email address to her social media accounts and even banking. She is among a growing number of younger Australians falling victim to cybercrime.
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March 13, 7:41 PM
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McKay Coppins on his experiment with sports gambling—and why it’s a losing game for nearly everyone
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March 13, 7:39 PM
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Practically overnight, America made wagering on a game as frictionless as checking the weather. I was determined to understand the consequences—for my country, and for myself.
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March 13, 7:19 PM
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Dominique Eva Grubisa, nee Fitzsimons, grew up with a silver spoon but made a career and a fortune out of what courts now say was misleading and deceptive conduct. Nothing, so far, can stop her.
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March 11, 7:46 PM
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Authors like me are being targeted by AI-powered accounts promising exposure and fake reviews
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March 11, 6:19 PM
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New wave of publishing fraud mimics lonely hearts swindles of old – swapping promises of true love for the fantasy of literary acclaim. And the wooing process is now fully automated
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February 20, 6:26 PM
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Last year, I clicked on a Facebook ad urging me to review my super before thousands of dollars slipped away. Within minutes, my phone rang.
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January 28, 9:08 PM
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Had I received any suspicious text messages claiming to be from my bank, the fraud team asked. Had I clicked on the links? My stomach dropped
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January 26, 6:10 PM
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Dex had joined the hundreds of South Koreans drawn into sprawling scam networks run by Chinese crime syndicates operating across porous border regions in Southeast Asia.
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January 18, 10:47 PM
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As crypto wealth continues to grow, criminals are mixing sophisticated hacks with deception, and in some cases, real life violence.
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January 7, 7:32 PM
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NSW Police has charged two men, and are searching for two others, following an alleged statewide crime operation targeting the elderly.
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January 6, 10:34 PM
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In my defence, this particular scam – involving Booking.com – was probably the most sophisticated I have ever seen.
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December 31, 2025 8:20 PM
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Got a message saying your data wound up somewhere it shouldn’t be? You’re not alone.
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December 21, 2025 5:06 PM
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Making a three-step plan with your family – including creating a secret password or phrase – can help keep you safe these holidays and throughout the year.
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December 13, 2025 8:51 PM
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Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
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December 10, 2025 4:40 PM
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Tech giant Meta ran advertisements used to lure Australian investors into a fraudulent bond scheme that allegedly defrauded tens of millions of dollars from them.
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December 7, 2025 7:54 PM
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A global multi-level-marketing business that sells expensive water ionisers is shifting its target audience to Aussie tradies, but critics say some of their predatory sales tactics are tantamount to a pyramid scheme.
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December 5, 2025 6:27 PM
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Complaints about the calls have risen, and some older Americans have discovered that their Medicare accounts were already compromised.
