#ScamsandFraud

2025-12-05

Elderly accountant jailed for $9.6m scheme ripping off friends, family
By David Weber and Pip Waller

An elderly Perth accountant who stole nearly $10 million from family, friends and former clients is jailed for more than 11 years.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/jos

#ScamsandFraud #Courts #Crime #DavidWeber #PipWaller

2025-12-02

Telco Southern Phone fined $2.5m for breaching anti-scam laws
By Caitlin Rawling

The Australian Telecommunications and Media Authority says scammers were able to manipulate the telco's systems to bypass required identity verification processes.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/sou

#ScamsandFraud #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #ConsumerProtection #CaitlinRawling

2025-12-02

Cyber shoplifters costing retailers thousands in 'friendly fraud'
By Adelaide Miller

Frustrated retailers grappling with online shoplifters are calling for better protections from banks, payment providers and regulators.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/onl

#OnlineShopping #SmallBusinesses #ScamsandFraud #Banking #CyberCrime #AdelaideMiller

2025-12-01

Businesses that send SMS messages now need to register their IDs
By Caitlin Rawling

Organisations using branded identifiers in their text messages to consumers will need to register them by July 1, 2026, or risk being mistaken for a scam.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/acm

#ScamsandFraud #ConsumerProtection #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #CaitlinRawling

2025-11-26

How to spot 'ghost stores' posing as Australian businesses
By Fiona Willan

With Australians expected to spend billions this Black Friday, the consumer watchdog is warning about a growing number of "ghost stores" targeting unsuspecting shoppers and posing as local businesses promising premium goods, when in reality they are shipping fast fashion from overseas.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/onl

#ConsumerProtection #ScamsandFraud #RetailIndustry #FionaWillan

2025-11-26

Financial abusers appointing victims as directors in government's sights
By Nassim Khadem

The federal government is consulting on major reforms to reduce financial abuse, including making it harder for directors to be appointed without clear consent. Economic abuse is estimated to cost the economy nearly $11 billion a year

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/eco

#DomesticViolence #Tax #FederalParliament #Superannuation #ScamsandFraud #AccountingCrime #TaxEvasion #FederalGovernment #NassimKhadem

2025-11-25

'The names have been selected': Crooked operators rig working visas
By Natasya Salim, Hellena Souisa, and Toby Mann

Thousands of young Indonesians want the chance to come to Australia to work, but first they have to win a visa application "war" that puts them in the sights of scammers and dodgy operators promising them what they want — for a price.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/wor

#ScamsandFraud #Immigration #WorldPolitics #NatasyaSalim #HellenaSouisa # #TobyMann

2025-11-20

Queensland councils scammed out of millions despite warnings
By Madeline Grace

A year after Gold Coast Council was victim to a fraud attack, Noosa council was also targeted by a sophisticated artificial intelligence scam.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/gol

#ScamsandFraud #MadelineGrace

2025-11-14

Regulator uncovers $900k client refund fraud by regional tax agent
By Catherine James

The NSW accountant siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients via false ATO lodgements over three years.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-15/reg

#ScamsandFraud #Tax #FinancialServices #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #CatherineJames

2025-11-12

Sydney 'fortune teller' allegedly conned Vietnamese community out of $70m
By Shannon Corvo

The 53-year-old told clients a "billionaire" was in their future, allegedly persuading them to take out financial loans before keeping a share for herself.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/syd

#Crime #ScamsandFraud #Police #ShannonCorvo

Stephen Hayeshayesstw@c.im
2025-11-10

And I can confirm these Facebook ad #scams from my own personal experience -- see here:
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#ScamAlert #ScamsAndFraud

2025-11-10

The scamming hotspot where bombing a business barely dents operations
By Karishma Vyas

Myanmar junta bombing of a scam centre is little more than "political theatre" to appease the international community, an expert says.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-10/mya

#ScamsandFraud #Crime #InternationalLaw #MilitaryOccupation #KarishmaVyas

2025-11-08

'Disgusted' WA premier slams scammers over deepfake AI video
By Briana Shepherd

WA's consumer watchdog says scams are getting more sophisticated and cheaper to make, as an AI video of state premier Roger Cook sparks new concerns.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-08/wa-

#ConsumerProtection #ScamsandFraud #SocialMedia #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Crime #BrianaShepherd

2025-11-08

'Sophisticated' deepfake scam using WA premier's likeness sparks warning
By Briana Shepherd

WA's consumer watchdog says scams are getting more sophisticated and cheaper to make, as an AI video of state premier Roger Cook sparks new concerns.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-08/wa-

#ConsumerProtection #ScamsandFraud #SocialMedia #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Crime #BrianaShepherd

2025-11-07

Meta forecast $24b revenue from scam ads, internal documents show

Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are exposed to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/met

#ConsumerProtection #SocialMedia #ScamsandFraud

2025-11-04

The signs to look out for as residents warned about 'disaster chasers'
By Claudia Williams

After being smashed by giant hail, south-east Queensland residents are being warned to be aware.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/qld

#Storms #Insurance #ScamsandFraud #ClaudiaWilliams

2025-10-29

A shocking alarm on her computer sent Dorothy into crypto scam hell
By Rhiana Whitson

A pensioner tells her nightmarish story as the financial crimes regulator takes action against a second Australian player in the booming crypto ATM business linked to lucrative scams and money laundering.

abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/aus

#ScamsandFraud #Cryptocurrency #Banking #MoneyLaundering #CyberCrime #ConsumerProtection #RhianaWhitson

2025-10-29

Two arrested over fake money allegedly found at SA home

South Australian police charge two people with deception after they allegedly found more than 30 counterfeit notes — as well as an imitation firearm and a machete — at a home on Yorke Peninsula.

abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/two

#ScamsandFraud #Police #Crime #Currency

2025-10-27

Phishing scammer nearly tricked tourist seeking Booking.com refund
By Brianna Melville

Within minutes of requesting a refund for an unsavoury holiday stay, a Booking.com customer was hoodwinked into providing her bank details to a scam artist.

abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/boo

#ScamsandFraud #BeachHolidays #BriannaMelville

2025-10-25

Troy Bell abused position of 'authority and trust' to join list of former jailed MPs
By Jordanna Schriever

Hard-working and charismatic former politician Troy Bell was so well liked, he was twice re-elected while awaiting trial for stealing public money. Now, he joins a short list of former SA politicians who have served time for crime.

abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/tro

#Crime #Courts #ScamsandFraud #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Sentencing #JordannaSchriever

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