Financial scams are getting worse, not better. It has to stop. You know how passionate I am about the plague of financial scams conning ordinary Aussies today… and particularly those which illegally use my photo and fictitious comments from me to lure people into their scams. All I can do is report these scams on… Read more »
Think you have to be old or naïve to be a scam target? Think again. In the last 12 months, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has taken action against 595 websites impersonating their online services. These fake sites are designed to steal passwords, personal information and identity documents, such as passports and driver licences. Assistant… Read more »
There’s a new tax scam to be vigilant about and it’s a super easy one to fall for. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging taxpayers to be vigilant following an increase in reports of fake websites offering to provide tax file numbers (TFN) and Australian business numbers (ABN) for a fee, but failing to… Read more »
Fraudulent investment scams reported to Scamwatch have cost Australians over $70 million in the first half of this year, reports the ACCC. Here’s what you can do to avoid falling victim. That’s a massive 53.4 per cent increase in reports about investment scams received by Scamwatch this time last year. Projected losses are set to… Read more »
The growing problem of phone scams is expected to cost Australians more $500 million this year, to the government and regulators are moving to block popular ones and push telcos to ramp up efforts to combat them. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has been reviewing the problem for 18 months and this week… Read more »
