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Avoid Internet Scams and ripoffs
Avoid Internet ripoffs and Scams Curated by Peter Mellow |
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March 30, 9:38 PM
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Scammers have used footage of football and media personality Eddie McGuire to try to snag victims on YouTube.
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March 30, 9:22 PM
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An undercover BBC investigation exposes how rogue agents are exploiting a UK visa scheme.
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March 28, 7:37 PM
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RainbowEx investors received 20 percent of the profits earned by newcomers they recruited, a classic feature of a pyramid scheme. Plus, the exchange purported to offer returns of as much as 2 percent a day, which works out to roughly 137,000 percent in a year. Fantastical numbers.
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March 26, 4:42 PM
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It took 77 people working for free, and three years’ full-time work, to save a stay-at-home mother from a mountain of fraudulent business debts created by her ex-husband.
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March 25, 4:59 PM
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Three years on from when the first "Hi Mum" texts appeared on Australian mobile phones, parents are still falling for this emotive scam.
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March 19, 10:07 PM
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Anthony Del Vecchio was sent free tickets and push alerts to keep gambling, sometimes up to $20,000 a day, as he fed a voracious addiction with stolen money from family and friends.
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March 17, 4:50 PM
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Vox lets us in on the complicated history of the ever-tempting claw machine, and explains what really happens to your allowance when you take on this arcade arch nemesis.
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March 15, 5:17 PM
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An investigation by this masthead has uncovered a nationwide scam on a platform used by thousands of Australians, exposing a loophole that allows for illegal and potentially unsafe engineering designs.
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March 8, 5:42 PM
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The victims pulled money out of their retirement accounts. The withdrawals had inflated their taxable income, even though the funds quickly disappeared.
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March 6, 4:59 PM
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Social security is a highly efficient safety net. But the president’s crypto plans and job cuts leave Americans holding the bag
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February 26, 10:39 PM
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Facebook operator Meta has been repeatedly warned about a nasty genre of scam ads targeting Australians, but they continue to be published.
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February 23, 6:08 PM
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Life inside the huge scam factories across Southeast Asia using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
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February 20, 5:17 PM
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There are some things everybody can do when catching a taxi to avoid being scammed.
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February 20, 5:16 PM
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Locals in Rome, Venice, Barcelona and Paris reveal the train lines and tourist attractions where petty crime is rife.
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February 19, 9:40 PM
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How did a successful, financially sophisticated banker gamble his community’s money away?
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February 16, 9:15 PM
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Scammers lie in wait, and if you use the wrong card you could end up paying more than you need to.
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February 14, 3:45 PM
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As Valentine's Day arrives, many are looking for love online, but authorities warn that romance scammers are also on the prowl.
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February 14, 3:09 PM
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A major leak of confidential files from Australia’s biggest taxi company has exposed accusations from its own senior staff that it allowed rampant rorting of passengers and government organisations.
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January 31, 5:17 PM
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Trump’s meme coin has some conservatives complaining over ‘most blatant ponzi scheme in history’
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January 27, 5:34 PM
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The ABC analysed 29 million stolen codes to help you avoid using an insecure one.
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January 26, 4:51 PM
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What if I told you about a great investment opportunity that involves putting your hard-earned savings into a product that, two weeks ago, didn’t exist?
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January 25, 4:53 PM
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Everyday investors are turning to financial influencers, or ‘fin-fluencers,’ to learn how to manage their finances, but experts say rooting out misinformation is challenging.
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January 24, 6:12 PM
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In a video message Monica Geingos warns people not to be duped into investing in fake schemes.
