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Consumers advised to be sceptical about sales season discounts as AI makes it even harder to detect scams
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May 17, 2012 9:47 AM
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Hi there and welcome to 'Avoid Internet Scams and ripoffs'. I hope you find useful the articles that I have chosen here.
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New research reveals 89 per cent of construction workers have gambled in the past year — higher than the national average.
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April 26, 5:53 PM
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"Rewards clubs" have exploded in Australia, claiming to have given away hundreds of millions in prizes, but they operate with almost no legal scrutiny.
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We entered the car after pre-agreeing on the price. But when it came time to pay, it seemed our credit card wasn’t working.
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April 21, 10:38 PM
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Fraudsters are using the promise of fake roles to trick job-seekers out of money, personal information or both, and with the help of AI they are more convincing than ever. But there are ways to spot them
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April 21, 10:22 PM
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These dodgy operators are very good at the shady work they do: they crank up the terror, drown out the logical part of your brain and then move fast
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April 18, 8:34 PM
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Scams have exploded over the last few years. Can countries and companies come together to turn the tables on the scammers?
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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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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.
