The scams prevention framework will require designated entities – including banks, telcos and social media companies – to proactively detect and disrupt scams and report scam activity. Australians on ...

A scammer makes a call to an Australian consumer, saying they’re ringing from the Amazon fraud department and that the ...

Australia introduced the world to the first-ever scam prevention law that promised to make the country the hardest place on earth for fraudsters. Eight months later, it's trapped in bureaucratic limbo ...

Savannah thought she had taken all the right steps to protect herself while selling items on Facebook Marketplace — but that ...

While the number of reported fraud cases is down, Australians lost 28% more money to online scams in the first four months of the year, compared to the same period in 2024. See Also: Small Business.

Australia’s financial markets regulator said it has taken down over 600 crypto scams in the last 12 months, warning that artificial intelligence and crypto fraudsters are constantly updating their ...

Critics say the communications regulator is allowing businesses to register trusted SMS sender names without adequate checks, ...

Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more information and a statement from ASIC. Australia’s markets regulator is set to expand its campaign against online scams ...

An Australian couple who lost over $1 million to scammers eerily came face to face with one of the criminals while they were vacationing in China. Roxy*, who did not want to use her real name, was ...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) unveiled a new weapon in the fight against scams: a fleet of thousands of AI-powered bot profiles, deployed by Apate.ai – a cyber-intelligence firm and ...