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Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... consulting giant's inaugural Global Banking Fraud survey found Australia suffered a disproportionately high volume of financial scam attempts in 2018, with around half a billion dollars lost. The survey questioned banking fraud risk, investigations and ...

Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... platforms, after the nation lost £27 million to crypto and forex scams so far in FY18/19. The FCA said crypto and forex scam reports more than tripled in the last year, clearing 1800. According to the UK's national fraud and cyber-crime reporting centre ...

Couple faces prison over ponzi-style scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Johnston pleaded guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception totalling $1,027,000. The victims of her investment scam also met the Johnstons through the Collingwood football club. When Maureen Johnston was sentenced, the presiding judge said ...

Australians lose record amount to scams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Older Australians, Indigenous Australians and those with a disability have reported record losses to scams in 2018, including more than $85 million to dodgy investments. Australians in total lost almost half a billion dollars to scams in 2018. However ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has called for staff training on how to identify and prevent privacy risks, as financial services recorded the second highest number of data breaches in the third quarter of 2018. In its report of ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... princes, fake letters from the ATO) go around in the past years years but their nature is more of deceitful behavior than a scam. "One common type is an income product that offers returns of 8-10% or significantly higher than the market," Crowe says. ...

Latest investment scam targets Jersey residents

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Locals on the island of Jersey are being warned against a company claiming to be an Australian investment firm offering unauthorised financial services. The Jersey Financial Services Commission issued a warning regarding Focus on Market, an organisation ...

SMEs lack cybersecurity resilience: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
Financial services firms are tackling cybersecurity risks seriously but smaller organisations still have a long way to go according to the corporate regulator raising greater awareness on the issue. ASIC's Report 555 shows about three-in-four (74%) ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Check out this blog to get an hourly update on the latest announcements, session highlights and social media commentary live at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. 10.30pm - AFA caps its annual conference with an awards gala ceremony for the 2017 ...

Education key in combatting elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... expect further increases during the tax time period," Anderson said. "Already this year, the ATO has registered over 17,067 scam reports. Of these, 113 Australians handed over $1.5 million to fraudsters with about 2500 providing some form of personal ...