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Concorde planes in Australia.

One April day, when a crazy dream got two cities flying high

Con artists, scammers and the cynical know how to make the gullible suffer. But on April Fool’s Day, innocence can turn into shared mirth.

  • Tony Wright

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Dr Andrew Barraclough, a structural engineering business owner whose qualifications were stolen and used by a fraudster on Airtasker to sign off on a number of structures.

The ‘white-out’ job that let a stranger steal Andrew’s engineering qualification

An investigation by this masthead has uncovered a nationwide scam on a platform used by thousands of Australians, exposing a loophole that allows for illegal and potentially unsafe engineering designs.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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Clairvoyants need to clean up their act

Before someone greases their palm reader.

Some Billie Eilish claim their tickets have been stolen from their Ticketek accounts by hackers.

‘Devastated’: Fans reeling as Billie Eilish tickets stolen from digital wallet

After targeting Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo fans last year, hackers have turned their sights on the latest big tour.

  • Nell Geraets and Hannah Hammoud
Jason Haines, the managing director of Canberra food relief charity St John’s Care, said it made him “physically sick” to know that scammers were “preying on people that are basically going without”.

‘I can’t buy food for my children’: Facebook profits from charity scams costing taxpayers

Facebook operator Meta has been repeatedly warned about a nasty genre of scam ads targeting Australians, but they continue to be published.

  • Aisha Dow
Public trust in the taxi system is in tatters.

Shameful state of taxi industry shows it is past time to protect customers

It is clear the industry has lost the public’s trust. Now governments must take swift, decisive action to fix the mess.

  • The Age's View
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The government has dodgy taxi drivers in its sights.

Has your taxi driver ripped you off? They could be put on a new blacklist

The latest move to crack down on rogue taxi operators is aimed at preventing them switching companies after being busted for fare-related offences.

  • Chris Barrett
The company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge is accused by its own staff of ignoring rampant fraud.

Taxi scams are rife – here’s how to avoid them

There are some things everybody can do when catching a taxi to avoid being scammed.

  • Brittany Busch
A2B Ltd operates the 13cabs network in Australia.

‘Fraud all over the place’: Taxi giant’s former integrity insider blows whistle on rampant rip-offs

A former federal police officer hired to clean up integrity at the company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge claims it had little genuine interest in tackling the rampant rip-offs enabled by its technology.

  • Nick McKenzie and Brittany Busch
Victorian Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams

Cabcharge review ordered as hospital blasts ‘utterly disgraceful, unethical and unacceptable’ conduct

The Victorian government will review of the company after revelations that many cab drivers from Australia’s largest taxi fleet have been rorting customers.

  • Henrietta Cook and Nick McKenzie

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