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Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Advisers and investors should be "particularly vigilant" of investment scams this time of the year, as scammers prey on people's fear of getting in trouble with the ATO as tax season continues, according to Finder. Australians are now losing $1 million ...

SMEs lack cybersecurity resilience: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... individuals and businesses in the past 12 months, representing a 15% increase on the year prior. More than half were online scams or fraud, up 22% year-on-year.

Education key in combatting elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... their personal details or hard-earned money to scammers this tax time. Assistant Commissioner Kath Anderson said 48,084 scams were reported to the ATO between July and October last year. "We have already seen a five-fold increase in scams from January ...

Medium risk for terrorism funding in financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... reported as the most common criminal issue with which planners were contending. The report also highlighted instances of "scams, the use of false documents, as well as suspected cases of fraud" conducted by advisers, and even though it detected few instances ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... it's the ripple effect of illicit drug use on families and the community, the significant financial loss from investment scams or having your identity stolen by cybercriminals - everyone is at risk," Dawson said. "But the fight against organised crime ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... particularly at risk from fraudsters. Private banks have reported carefully planned social engineering and manipulation scams being directed at their staff and customers. "The values of transactions in this group are typically much higher than an average ...

DeVere helped US press expose investment fraud

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Global adviser group deVere provided evidence of what a spokesperson described as "one of the largest financial scams in history" to a US-based investigative news service. DeVere, which has recently been expanding its Australian operations, worked with ...

ASIC: Beware fake forex website

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... company that is in no way associated with First Forex," Tanzer said. "The best way for consumers to protect themselves from scams is to only deal with financial services providers who are licensed by ASIC. Licensed companies and individuals are required ...

ASIC funding in spotlight after annual report release

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... organised criminal groups behind them," according to the report. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said the highly sophisticated scams could be difficult for even experienced investors to identify. "ASIC has worked closely with Galilee members to better co-ordinate ...