Scams
Opinion
Social media
Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society
Financial crime, sexual exploitation, mental abuse, narcissism, intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms, and we need to make it stop now.
- by Gary Adshead
Latest
Analysis
Social media
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets
How does Facebook interact with fraudsters who book scam ads on its platform? Billionaire Andrew Forrest is about to find out.
- by Colin Kruger
AI-generated deepfake of Elon Musk touts crypto scam in YouTube hack
A clip showing an AI-generated deepfake of Elon Musk. Seven's YouTube channel was hacked on Thursday morning, rebranding all of its content under a Tesla theme, touting an apparent cryptocurrency scam.
7News YouTube channel hacked, broadcasts AI Elon Musk crypto scam
Subscribers to 7News’ YouTube channel have been shown a live-streamed AI-generated Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam.
- by Calum Jaspan and David Swan
Accused Facebook fashion scammer faces dozens of fraud charges
Alana Petridis allegedly lured at least 23 people into a sophisticated social media scam selling designer clothes. Investigators believe there are many other alleged victims across Australia
- by Melissa Cunningham
Myki customers to receive refunds as new scam triggers investigation
Detection of the fraudulent scheme comes amid a request from the new operators of Victoria’s long-troubled myki system for more money.
- by David Estcourt and Kieran Rooney
After 300 years of travel scams, here’s what you need to watch out for
Tourists have always presented easy targets, but the methods of the con artists have changed over the past 300 years or so.
- by Amanda Hyde
Opinion
Hip pocket
That sinking feeling: What to do if you fall for a scam
You’re probably kicking yourself, but you’re far from alone – Australians are losing about $20 million a month to scams, and many fall victim more than once.
- by Dominic Powell
‘It’s not your fault’: How to overcome shame after being scammed
Scams have become so sophisticated and numerous these days, so why is there still a stigma around those who fall victim to them?
- by Nell Geraets
Private jets, Ibiza villas and $9000 wines: An epic art fraudster tells all
Inigo Philbrick went to jail for the largest art swindle in US history. But he isn’t losing too much sleep over what he did.
- by Laura Pullman
Exclusive
Crime
Money man caught after syndicate flew ‘mules’ into Sydney to build $1m fraud web
Fake bank accounts created by the mules were used to siphon money conned from Australians out of the country – until detectives nabbed central player Muhammad Abdullah Cheema.
- by Perry Duffin
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/scams-61k