Scams
Banks are tracking your every click. It could save you thousands
As banks fight back against scammers, changes as minor as how you move a mouse on a computer screen can be a clue to a suspicious transaction.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Why scammers target the holiday period to launch disturbing Google ad attacks
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.
- by Aisha Dow
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Opinion
Scam strike on global giant is a warning shot to banks
The regulator’s case against HSBC moves the needle from customer beware further towards bank beware.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Banking products
HSBC knew customers were being scammed but didn’t help even as fraud surged: ASIC
Australia’s corporate regulator alleges the banking giant failed its customers by taking months to investigate scam reports and freezing customers’ accounts and leaving them without access to their own money.
- by Aisha Dow
This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit
When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed, the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.
- by Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
Christmas behind bars for mum accused of faking son’s cancer
The six-year-old’s mother and father allegedly shaved his head and eyebrows and placed him in a wheelchair to raise $60,000 for bogus treatment.
- by Abe Maddison
Marge’s computer wouldn’t turn on. Then IT support offered ‘help’
There’s a new scam doing the rounds this Christmas, and it’s a tough one to spot.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Meta bows to pressure to crack down on blatant scam ads
The social media giant has faced mounting calls to improve ad verification after a probe by this masthead revealed it had been accepting money from obvious scammers.
- by Aisha Dow
Opinion
Phones
Matthew’s phone was snatched from his hand. In minutes, he’d lost thousands
With an unlocked phone in hand, the thieves had unfettered access to his finances and social media, allowing them to siphon away thousands of dollars.
- by Bec Wilson
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