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NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming 
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NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming
By Ry Crozier | Jan 20, 2010 | Comment Now 
Banking group welcomes arrests.
 
Google names and shames sites that prey on users 
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Google names and shames sites that prey on users
By Rosalie Marshall | Dec 9, 2009 | Comment Now 
Scams use Google brand to lure victims.
 
Consumer agencies launch "international internet sweep" 
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Consumer agencies launch "international internet sweep"
By Ben Grubb | Sep 23, 2009 | Comment Now 
...armed only with the humble search engine.
 
"Silver surfers" targeted in web scams 
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"Silver surfers" targeted in web scams
By Brett Winterford | Jul 20, 2009 | Comment Now 
Call for mass media education campaign.
 
Authorities urged to step up scareware crackdown 
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Authorities urged to step up scareware crackdown
By Phil Muncaster | Dec 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
Law enforcers and regulatory authorities were urged today to crack down even harder on companies selling so-called scareware, or risk these threats increasing through 2009.
 
ACCC new release: 'The Little Black Book of Scams' 
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ACCC new release: 'The Little Black Book of Scams'
By Negar Salek | Feb 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting ...
 
Email lottery scams reaping rich rewards 
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Email lottery scams reaping rich rewards
Dec 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
Half of all spam involves lottery scams making them one of the fastest growing areas of cyber-crime, according to research commissioned by Microsoft across Germany, Italy, ...
 
Boffins find way to fight spam scams 
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Boffins find way to fight spam scams
By Robert Jaques | Aug 8, 2007 | Comment Now 
94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual webservers.
 
Spam filter targets PDF scams 
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Spam filter targets PDF scams
By Clement James | Jul 31, 2007 | Comment Now 
Anti-spam firm ClearMyMail has claimed 100 percent protection against PDF spam, as spammers change their tactics in a bid to flood mailboxes.
 
Man loses A$38,345 in internet dating scams 
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Man loses A$38,345 in internet dating scams
By Iain Thomson | Apr 20, 2007 | Comment Now 
Owner of a lonely heart, and an empty wallet.
 
Phishing scams push up web banking fraud losses 
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Phishing scams push up web banking fraud losses
By Robert Jaques | Nov 8, 2006 | Comment Now 
Trade association warns that Web users still not taking security seriously.
 
PayPal, Ebay focus of phising scams 
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PayPal, Ebay focus of phising scams
Jul 28, 2006 | Comment Now 
PayPal and Ebay users are copping the brunt of the current storm of phising emails according to Sophos.
 
New IT twist on Nigerian scam 
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New IT twist on Nigerian scam
By Fleur Doidge | May 3, 2005 | Comment Now 
Nigerian scammers targeting Australian email inboxes have added a new IT industry-related twist to their advance fee fraud attempts.
 
ASIC warns about investment email scams 
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ASIC warns about investment email scams
Oct 27, 2004 | Comment Now 
People need to be cautious of "out of the blue" emails offering shares or other investments, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
 
ACCC sweeps up scams 
Telco/ISP
ACCC sweeps up scams
By blank blank | Feb 10, 2004 | Comment Now 
Australia will lead a global scouring of the internet to crack down on scam sites.
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