‘Disgusted’: Bank’s 40c ‘joke’ to customer
The Queenslander thought it was strange she couldn’t log into her bank account. Then she realised it was the result of scammers.
The Queenslander thought it was strange she couldn’t log into her bank account. Then she realised it was the result of scammers.
Scammers are seen as faceless, evil people who make Aussie lives a living hell. We decided to track down a scammer, and this is why he does it. Listen to the call.
At the moment heartbroken Australians need their bank the most, a devastating reality is forced upon them – and people have had enough.
When you lose money to a scam, most of it disappears into a black hole. But some of it has been traced and it’s truly chilling where it ends up.
It is a scourge costing Australians billions of dollars a year. A news.com.au investigation has found in most cases scammers could have been stopped.
A graduate lawyer working for a government department claimed his bosses were bullying him after they asked him to show up to work on time.
As much as $2.5 million might have been transferred out of the business in the months leading up to its collapse, according to liquidators.
The Aussie schoolteacher turned Ukrainian freedom fighter might have been dead for weeks, as horror details have emerged about his time as a prisoner.
Fed up with police, this scam victim tried to take matters into her own hands. But that’s when the real nightmare began.
They went to bed believing they had saved their money. Instead, the scammers had all the time they needed.
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