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ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
In light of the National Scams Awareness Week, the corporate regulator is urging Indigenous Australians to be wary of scams. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is one of the agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told Financial Standard that the nature of superannuation scams is shifting, having seen a 55% increase in cases of identity theft. The ACCC's national scam awareness week this year is focussed ...

Crypto investment opportunities outright scams: ASIC

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
ASIC has reported an increase in investment scams during the COVID-19 pandemic, with most cryptocurrency "opportunities" in particular panning out to be outright scams. The corporate watchdog saw a 20% increase in scam reports from March to May this ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... ZipPay, digital wallets, gift cards and cryptocurrencies to steal money from their targets. "Ten years ago, most investment scam reports were about 'get rich quick' seminars and real estate," the ACCC said. "Bitcoin was publicly released in 2009 ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Five people and six offshore entities have been charged over an alleged fraudulent scheme which sought to capitalise on the COVID-19 pandemic through the illegal sale of microcap stocks. The US Securities and Exchange Commission allege the scheme, boosted ...

Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Investors in the United Kingdom lost more than £27 million to cryptoasset and forex scams in the last year. The Financial Conduct Authority is urging UK citizens to be wary of investment scams carried out through "bogus" online trading platforms, after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...