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Experts warn that although prediction markets are not regulated as gambling platforms, they are just as addictive
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The finance watchdog warns bogus brokers are selling fake car insurance through social media.
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Ankita Shrivastav is among millions of Indians who fall prey to cybercrimes every year.
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Australians are the world's biggest gamblers, losing billions every year. But the true cost goes far beyond the financial.
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Annie Ashton's husband took his own life after suffering from a gambling addiction. Since then, she's campaigned for stronger regulation of the gambling industry and greater awareness of gambling harm.
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Kyle Hudson joined a betting app on his 18th birthday, and lost his final, $1,300 bet on the morning of his 2021 death. A coroner wants to know if anything can be done to stop it from happening again
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Over seven years, Gabryele Watson ran the same scam against thousands of couples looking to adopt, prosecutors said.
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The government’s response to the Murphy report is hardly dynamite. Harm advocates, gambling operators and advertisers are all waiting to see whether Labor’s rhetoric will be matched by action
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Coroner examines circumstances that led to 2021 death of Werribee man Kyle Hudson, who held multiple betting accounts
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"Escape the 9-5" content is blowing up on social media, but people who have gotten caught up in it warn of the costs.
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A BBC Sport investigation finds misleading adverts for fitness apps that use AI-generated instructors to make exaggerated claims.
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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A multi-billion dollar industry is putting cash back in consumers’ pockets. But there’s a catch.
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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.
