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Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... respondents said they had "mistrust or fear", thought that "there is a high chance of being scammed" and were "scared of identity theft." Knowledge was also an issue. Less than a third of Australians feel financially savvy when it came to wealth management. ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the sale. Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, appeared before Sydney's ...

NAB embroiled in £1.3 billion UK bank scandal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... bank Clydesdale Bank is one of 13 UK banks that will have to pay back customers after they mis-sold protection for identity theft and credit card fraud. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday announced that insurer Card Protection Plan Limited ...

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... threaten not only tangible assets, but reputation as well. Travel and health risks, the threat of natural disaster, identity theft and cybercrime, fraud and simply allowing the family's good name to erode due to poor reputation management were highlighted ...

APRA drafts new super guidelines

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... benefits on specified compassionate grounds and industry guidelines on handling the risks of illegal early release and identity theft or fraud. APRA said guidance needed to be updated after a high level of legislative changes introduced since the previous ...

Large super funds 'obstruct' withdrawals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... notion, saying funds were just being careful with member funds to protect them from fraud. "The area where the most identity theft has occurred... is where money is rolled into an SMSF set up for improper purposes," she said. "It's the weak point where ...

Malware attacks Chinese walls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... who fell victim to scareware, pop-up ads that pretend to offer helpful software but ultimately expose users to identity theft. As with the case of the Shanghai Expo spam, the scareware ads could pop up while browsing legitimate websites, meaning it's ...

ACCC sounds online fraud alarm

REGULATORY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... "The campaign focuses on raising awareness of online scams - from mass-marketed email phishing scams to complex identity theft scams targeting users of social networking websites," Kell said, who is also Chairman of the Taskforce, which involves agencies ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... sophistication with which Phish Phry defendants operated represents an evolving and troubling paradigm in the way identity theft is now committed," said Keith Bolcar, acting assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. "Criminally savvy groups ...

Identity thieves target planner clients

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... from rummaging through the bins on business premises. The goal is to find personal financial details for use in identity theft," said the chairman of Crime Stoppers Australia, Peter Price. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics last year noted ...