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Avoid Internet Scams and ripoffs
Avoid Internet ripoffs and Scams Curated by Peter Mellow |
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January 21, 4:43 PM
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An Auckland man has lost nearly $50,000 after being lured into an online romance scam with the promise of financial gains and “a better life”
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January 20, 4:56 PM
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The ‘fake podcast’ format isn’t just being used to spread misinformation. Many legitimate companies are also using it to sell their products and services.
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January 19, 4:29 PM
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When Wayne Westhead, 65, left the British Army eight years ago to care for his wife, who had breast cancer , he had one eye on his family’s finances. S
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January 18, 8:41 PM
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There are dozens of cryptocurrency ATMs in the Canberra region, located across the city and outside it — but what are they for, how have they become so prolific, and who uses them?
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January 18, 4:02 PM
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A recent WA court ruling sets the bar for how far businesses need to go to protect themselves against cyber criminals, according to experts, but the good news is it isn't hard to meet.
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January 18, 3:54 PM
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David Prince-Popovich loved the Leonardo DiCaprio movie Catch Me If You Can, even falsely claiming to have a pilot’s licence. After a stint in jail, the serial Australian fraudster is now on the run.
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January 15, 5:25 PM
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The full trailer for the hotly anticipated Netflix series has just dropped, showing how journalists exposed the notorious Australian influencer in 2017.
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January 14, 4:16 PM
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A lovestruck French woman handed over 830,000 euros (NZ$1.5m) to a fake, AI-generated Brad Pitt who convinced her he needed the money for cancer treatmen
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January 13, 9:28 PM
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Ball artworks were worth about $278 in 2022, falling steeply to as low as $25 on NFT exchange OpenSea
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January 13, 9:27 PM
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His easing of regulations could leave many unprotected from financial manipulation, misconduct and bursting bubbles, says Larisa Yarovaya, an associate professor of finance
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January 6, 3:20 PM
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Fraudsters stole the name and branding of an international digital marketing firm to offer people bogus jobs via WhatsApp – and then fleeced them of their money.
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January 3, 4:15 PM
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While subscriptions should be easy enough to cancel, the government is warning of dodgy marketing strategies making it nearly impossible to cancel or unsubscribe.
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December 31, 2024 4:13 PM
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US authorities allege he was responsible for the collapse of two coins, prompting a massive crypto sell-off.
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December 31, 2024 4:08 PM
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As soon as people decide that crypto is valueless, it will be – but in the next few years, exposure of traditional institutions will likely run into the hundreds of billions
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December 28, 2024 5:17 PM
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Sarah and Laine Robinson were one day away from moving into their forever home when it was taken from them. They're telling their story to warn others of sophisticated and difficult-to-spot scams on the rise in Australia.
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December 28, 2024 4:56 PM
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What the meme of the year tells us about the state of online culture
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December 23, 2024 4:48 PM
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Attention-grabbing images of bruised and battered celebrities, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are being used to funnel millions of people to bogus investment sites.
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December 23, 2024 4:48 PM
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An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has uncovered dozens of online clothing stores pretending to be high-end Australian fashion boutiques. Customers are sometimes shipped cheap, low-quality goods made in Asia, and sometimes, nothing at all.
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December 22, 2024 4:33 PM
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As a result, bitcoin loses its outsider vibe to gain institutional blessing.
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December 22, 2024 4:27 PM
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An “elderly aunt” has lost nearly $10,000 trying to rent a Christmas holiday home from a fake Booking.com listing. Her family are among multipl
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December 22, 2024 4:07 PM
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Nikki MacLeod believed she was sending money to a real woman whom she was in a relationship with.
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December 19, 2024 8:20 PM
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These websites might seem like victimless enterprises, but there are real-world consequences for people who get tangled up in the lies.
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December 19, 2024 5:35 PM
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An elderly New Plymouth resident was scammed out of $350,000 recently, while another lost $24,000, Taranaki Police said on Thursday.
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Peter Mellow
December 15, 2024 3:24 AM
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Donald Trump was once a crypto sceptic. Now his re-election has sent the volatile price of Bitcoin sky-high.
