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Scammers on Facebook and Instagram are using a fake, AI-generated Dr Karl to sell health pills to Australians. When users reported the ads to Meta, the company initially said there was nothing wrong with them.
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Groups spring up on social media, claiming to hold secret knowledge the Australian government is holding back from regular citizens: the Australian Taxation Office "isn't real".
Advice from FaceBook? It must be correct!
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Australian financial regulator says it referred crypto scheme to police for alleged ‘possible fraud’ and believed matter was under ‘active consideration’
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Police in Victoria say more than $260,000 has been lost to scammers selling fake tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour since tickets went on sale last year. Dozens of people have fallen victims to hackers selling tickets through social media.
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He made national headlines after being accused of duping his lotto syndicate out of their $1.5 million jackpot. But they weren’t the only ones chasing him for money.
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“The NSW government is keen to assure voters that high-density living is the way forward and under their stewardship it can be done well,” she says.
“Mascot Towers is a glaring example of how it can result in profound failure.”
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The owners are awaiting a new compulsory strata manager after a tribunal sacked the previous one for incompetence, conflict of interest, and unlawful spending.
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Online gambling, and the harm it creates, didn’t just appear overnight. It has been carefully curated and bankrolled by the multibillion-dollar gambling industry for years. It shamefully continues to do so.
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Have you ever received a scam text purporting to be from Australia Post or Linkt? It may have been sent by this man.
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Victoria police hunt man accused of conning prospective tenants by hiring short-stay accommodation and advertising it for lease
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Corporate watchdog says lenders targeting people with small, high-interest loans, leading to ‘debt spirals’
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A suspected Ponzi scheme that has ensnared Melbourne racing identities and a senior AFL figure was offering returns of up to 8 per cent before the sudden death of its alleged mastermind last month.
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An investigation into the business practices of a podiatrist who describes himself as probably the highest-paid practitioner in Australia has exposed some deep failings in the health system that open it up to rorting and privacy breaches.
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Enter the BSB and account number, plug in the account name, hit send – it’s easy to pay online. But there’s a weakness in the system that thieves have exploited to steal millions.
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Customers warned to be vigilant of messages stating their rewards are expiring as pressure builds for banks to offer compensation
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If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
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Authorities say people who use the "business" are left with poor and often incomplete work — and often a sizeable invoice — before the scammers disappear into the wind.
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Losses have surged, and change is needed to better protect Australians into the future.
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Sydney investor Harold Scruby was scammed out of $700,000 last year in a bogus scheme. He’s one of a growing number of people to be hit by criminals.
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A hacker — who claims to have been part of one of the world's most successful gangs — tells us why Australia is a target and laughs at the distress caused by the Medibank data breach.
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Australians lost more than $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a new record and an 80 per cent increase from 2021, according to a new report that has prompted fresh calls for banks to do more to protect consumers.
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More than $95m has been lost to scams so far this year, while the big four are expected to make more than $33bn
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The country is controversially home to a fifth of the world's slot machines, known locally as "pokies".
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Television host Jimmy Kimmel joked about Ozempic while presenting at the Oscars but now it's the target of online scams in Australia.