Scams
Outrage after viral Bondi cookie pop up disappoints
Sydneysiders waited up to an hour to get their hands on viral Crumbl Cookies at a Bondi pop up only to find out the event had nothing to do with the actual brand.
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Mark dreamt of building a duplex to share with his mum. A $200,000 scam forced him into a shed
The mother and son were robbed of their life savings by a man purporting to be an AMP employee as part of a $1 million comparison site swindle.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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A scams bill that protects banks over victims is the biggest scam of all
Asking people who may have lost their life savings to wait for however long, at whatever cost, just for a shot at compensation doesn’t look like putting victims first.
- by Waleed Aly
Twenty scams every traveller needs to know about (plus five new ones)
As the number of tourists travelling the world has boomed, so has the number of scammers and the schemes they’ve devised to part you from your cash.
- by Michael Gebicki
The rewards ruse that’s catching Telstra customers off guard
Banks, telcos and social media companies could soon be held accountable for failing to protect customers, but there is a big vulnerability in our anti-scammer systems that needs a fix.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Corruption
US punishes Cambodian tycoon over slave-driven global scam centres
Ly Yong Phat is a senator from the ruling party, an adviser to former prime minister Hun Sen and the owner of a hotel implicated in a major scam call centre.
- by Zach Hope
‘It’s really serious for us’: Small restaurants targeted by digital voucher scammers
Family-run Soul Dining is one of a handful of Sydney restaurants left footing the bill for fraudulent diners.
- by Bianca Hrovat
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Stephen Jones
Up to $50m fine for banks, telcos, social media firms in war on scams
Labor will give its financial watchdog new powers to force companies to compensate customers who lose money and to punish operators who don’t police their sites.
- by David Crowe
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Opinion
Carol ‘completely trusted these people’, then her life savings disappeared
The banks that are meant to protect our money often turn their backs on scam victims in their time of need.
- by Nina Hendy
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Courts
Case of the missing McLaren: Serial luxury car scammer faces jail over contempt of freezing order
Andreas Triantafyllos siphoned almost $700,000 from secret bank accounts, and also failed to explain how he obtained and disposed of a high-performance sports car.
- by Cameron Houston
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Who should foot the bill for Australia’s scam epidemic?
When a victim is tricked by a scammer, Australian banks and digital platforms are not currently obligated to reimburse them. But should they be?
- by Matthew Spain
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/scams-61k