‘Not so Happily Ever After’: Romance and the Psychology of a Scam
After finding the love of her life online, Sharon Armstrong was sure she was headed for her ‘happily ever after.’ Instead, she spent two years in prison. She fell for the wrong guy, believed the wrong...
15 Des 202228min
Remote Access Scams: The "helpful" hijackers hiding in plain sight…
We’ve all had a problem solved on the end of a tech support line. So when Vicki receives a call claiming to be from one of the biggest companies in the world, of course she hands over control of her p...
12 Des 202226min
Ransomware: To Pay Or Not To Pay?
If you are hit with a ransom attack, should you pay the ransom? The short answer is “No”, but the longer answer is “it’s a little more complicated than that…” Warwick Levy runs the independent fashio...
6 Des 202224min
How your 'trusty' phone can deceive you...
When journalist Jessica Ridley received a call from a man claiming to work for her bank’s fraud detection team, she was convinced help was at hand. The phone calls and SMS messages came from legitimat...
29 Nov 202224min
Investment Scams: The “Big Fish” hooked for $1.8 million
In the wake of the GFC, architect Tony Camilleri hoped to rebuild his battered retirement portfolio and was open to investment opportunities. And then his phone rang. A cold call. A confident pitch fr...
22 Nov 202229min
Gone Phishing: the racehorse trainer, the Mercedes-Benz, and the missing $100,000
Most of the time we back ourselves to spot a real email from a fake one. But sometimes the signs of a scam are so well hidden, you don’t even think to check. It’s a lesson well learned by champion rac...
15 Nov 202220min
The individual building blocks of scams and fraud
In Australia, a cyber breach is reported roughly every eight minutes. Often these attacks involve the theft of data prized by scammers: our private, personal information. As a result, scams are rising...
8 Nov 202221min
Trailer: Anatomy of a Scam
Australia faces an epidemic of scams, a daily barrage of dodgy texts, phone calls and emails from anonymous cyber criminals and con artists, domestic and abroad. Financial losses are doubling year on ...
31 Okt 20223min
