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$50 Million Penalties Loom for Companies Allowing Scams Under Proposed Australian Law

A proposed new code aims to stop Australians losing almost $3 billion to scammers as they did last year.

September 13, 2024BY Rex Widerstrom

American Males Targeted by ‘Sextortion’ Scammers From Nigeria: Meta

Some of the 'sextortion' attempts were aimed at minors, the firm said.

July 24, 2024BY Naveen Athrappully

Supreme Court Extends Time Limit to Challenge Fed Rules | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 1)

After the Chevron ruling, came Corner Post on Monday. Together, the Supreme Court on July 1 made it ...

July 1, 2024BY Paul Greaney

Matthew Perry’s X Account Targeted by Hackers Trying to Solicit Crypto Donations on Fake Website

The post was reportedly pinned to the late actor's X profile. It is unclear if any money was ...

February 27, 2024BY Lorenz Duchamps

Know and Avoid Investment Scams

There are a lot of scams out there, but the costliest ones are investment fraud. In 2022, an ...

January 29, 2024BY Anne Johnson

Apple Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over iTunes Gift Card Scam

Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of knowingly letting scammers exploit its gift cards, ...

January 4, 2024BY Reuters

Police Warning of Scammers Posing as Calgary Officers to Steal Thousands of Dollars

Police are warning about scammers who are claiming to be Calgary officers while stealing thousands of dollars in ...

July 5, 2023BY The Canadian Press

IRS Warns Americans of a Specific Type of Scam Criminals Are Using on an ‘Industrial Scale’

The Internal Revenue Service is warning Americans against a recent rise of smishing attacks—phishing through text messages—identifying thousands ...

October 14, 2022BY Naveen Athrappully

Elon Musk Rips Into YouTube for ‘Nonstop Scam Ads’

Elon Musk took aim at YouTube against its “scam ads” on June 7, setting off speculation about another ...

June 9, 2022BY Rita Li

Capitol Report (May 19): Manchin Pushes Back on Biden Energy Policy; Dr. Carol Swain on Buffalo Shooting

Under mounting pressure over soaring gas prices, House Democrats passed a bill to punish oil and gas producers ...

May 19, 2022BY Steve Lance

Look Out, Real Estate Boom. It’s the Closing Scam Tornado.

When Jeff, a retired marketing consultant from Chicago, was closing on his home sale, he received a new ...

October 7, 2021BY John F. Wasik and RealClearInvestigations

Australians Lost at Least $851 Million to Scammers in 2020

Australians were conned out of $851 million (US$659 million) in 2020, the largest amount ever recorded in a ...

June 10, 2021BY Rebecca Zhu

Queensland Men Jailed for $2.1 Million Software Scam

More than 150 people were duped into paying millions of dollars for sports betting and investment software they ...

October 15, 2020BY AAP

Victims—Mostly Seniors—Cheated out of $2.3 Million in Quebec Love Scam

Quebec provincial police expect to arrest a dozen people in connection with a romance scam network that bilked ...

September 15, 2020BY Isaac Teo

Scammers Impersonating the Australian Government Increase During Tax Time

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged Australians to beware of an increasing number of fake ...

July 26, 2020BY Jessie Zhang

190,000 CERB Claims Paid Back, CRA Says

Nearly 190,000 Canadians have paid back emergency response payments they weren’t entitled to, according to the Canada Revenue ...

June 11, 2020BY Hongyan Lu and Joan Delaney

Australian Tax Office Scammers Blocked in Three-Month Trial

Scammers posing as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have had their calls blocked during a joint operation between ...

May 8, 2020BY AAP

Leaked Nigerian Romantic Script Reveals How Scammers Target Their Prey

A private eye service has released a secret romantic script that Nigerian scammers allegedly use to cheat people out ...

April 22, 2019BY Richard Szabo