The dressing down came on the back of a new report which found money lost to scams in WA had jumped 36 per cent to a record $22 million.
A new alert system from NAB has saved customers – including many desperate Swifties – a total of $80 million in potential scams.
For about six years,David Saffron – fresh from running a bondage-themed strip club in Los Angeles – is alleged to have styled himself as an expert programmer and trader.
Those trapped were forced to send “sweet nothings” to their victims,peppering them with questions about their day and meals,until they could be convinced to part with money.
Drug empires,life-destroying scams and extravagantly lavish lifestyles have been fuelled by a spike in cryptocurrency crime as criminals exploit its anonymity to manipulate extraordinary amounts of cash.
There’s one born every minute,and the scammers of the internet know it better than anyone.
An innocent post on a cat lovers page led to Marilyn Ayres losing almost $200,000 to the elaborate scam,which is using stolen photos of a handsome photographer to swindle women across the globe.
New data from the National Anti Scam-Centre shows older Australians are increasingly losing money through scams on Facebook and Instagram,while reported losses are declining from telephone and SMS scams.
Telstra,TPG and Optus are on a rare unity ticket fighting against proposed changes they say will lead to more SMS scams.
Fraudsters are employing sophisticated new methods,which allowed them to purchase a luxury vehicle worth more than $110,000 in a Victorian man’s name undetected.
It has become dangerously easy to fleece Australians of their hard-earned. Last year,301,000 of us reported a scam.