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The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers
Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.
- by Aisha Dow and Charlotte Grieve
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Social media giants must do more to protect Australians from scams
Cybersecurity experts have warned that our ability to identify scams may be compromised by more sophisticated techniques, including the use of AI and deepfakes.
- The Herald's View
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‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry
From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery, the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.
- by Aisha Dow
Human in bear suit was used to defraud insurance companies, officials say
A video in a California insurance claim appeared to capture a disturbing scene: a brown bear ransacking a Rolls-Royce.
- by Annie Correal
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Doug thought he did his due diligence. He still lost $1m to scammers
Scams by cybercriminals are getting more complex, snagging even those who think they are being vigilant.
- by Emily Chantiri
The secret partnerships targeting financial crime
Australians lose $3 billion to financial crime each year, and with major compensation laws looming, law enforcement agencies are ready to go to war.
- by Sarah Danckert and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Assistant treasurer cosied up to banks, tech giants say
Technology lobby group DIGI says there has been an “extraordinary” level of engagement between Stephen Jones and Australia’s banks on new anti-scam laws.
- by David Swan
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Consumer watchdog should name banks most vulnerable to scammers
Bank impersonation scammers have targeted more than 8000 Australians this year, but the ACCC will not reveal the names of the banks.
- The Herald's View
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Scammers are targeting Australian bank customers. But there’s one key thing you can’t know
Partially censored data suggests fraudsters are finding certain banks much easier targets than others.
- by Aisha Dow
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Facebook fights celebrity scams with facial recognition
Four years after shutting its facial recognition function down over privacy concerns, the tech giant is bringing it back to rein in celeb-bait scams. Here’s how.
- by Tim Biggs
Australian wanted by FBI over alleged $46 million scam arrested in Italy
The 44-year-old was arrested in Milan over the alleged online scam and is expected to be extradited to the United States.
- by Josephine McKenna
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