#scamsandfraud — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scamsandfraud, aggregated by home.social.
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Judge declares mistrial as sharp-eyed juror discovers evidence error
By Conor ByrneCopies of evidence given to two jurors contained "irregular" redacted material deemed inadmissible in the trial of a Cape York Peninsula traditional owner accused of defrauding his community of mining royalties more than a decade ago.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/mistrial-declared-in-larry-joe-woosup-fraud-case/107072050
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #Courts #ScamsandFraud #NativeTitle #ConorByrne
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'Liar loans' leave property market open to criminal exploitation
By Daniel ZifferHundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.
#Mortgages #ScamsandFraud #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #Banking #DanielZiffer
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Government to crack down on super switching schemes
By Nassim KhademUnlicensed telemarketers that cold call and make unsolicited approaches to consumers to convince them to switch their super will be banned under long-awaited reforms.
#Superannuation #ScamsandFraud #FinancialServices #FinancialMarkets #FinancialPlanning #FinancialAdvisers #FederalGovernment #SocialMedia #NassimKhadem
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Pork industry fraud case raises questions about money laundering risk
By Megan Hughes and Kallee BuchananA financial crimes expert says the revelation of large-scale fraud connected to the pork industry raises new questions about the risk of money laundering in food production.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/pork-industry-money-laundering-food-risk/107048950
#ScamsandFraud #PigFarming #FoodSafety #MeganHughes #KalleeBuchanan
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Artists warned to 'be prepared to make a stand' against AI
By Conor Byrne and Charlie McKillopCountry-folk musician Jeanette Wormald was shocked when she found a fake AI-generated website "tribute" to her, in place of a site she thought had lapsed. But then she found disputes over her copyright on her music.
#AIEthics #CountryMusic #Copyright #ScamsandFraud #ConorByrne #CharlieMcKillop
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Europol Raids Disrupt Black Axe Cybercrime Ring in Spain https://hackread.com/europol-black-axe-cybercrime-ring-spain/ #ScamsandFraud #Cybersecurity #RomanceScam #CyberCrime #BlackAxe #Europol #europe #Spain
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Lazarus Group Deploys Malware With ClickFix Scam in Fake Job Interviews https://hackread.com/lazarus-group-malware-clickfix-scam-fake-job-interview/ #ScamsandFraud #Cybersecurity #SentinelLABS #CyberAttack #NorthKorea #VirusTotal #Security #ClickFix #Maltrail #security #Malware #Lazarus #Validin #Fraud #Scam
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Ghanaian Nationals Extradited to US Over $100M, BEC, Romance Scams – Source:hackread.com https://ciso2ciso.com/ghanaian-nationals-extradited-to-us-over-100m-bec-romance-scams-sourcehackread-com/ #1CyberSecurityNewsPost #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecurity #ScamsandFraud #RomanceScam #CyberCrime #Hackread #Fraud #Ghana #BEC
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Ghanaian Nationals Extradited to US Over $100M, BEC, Romance Scams https://hackread.com/ghanaian-nationals-extradite-us-bec-romance-scams/ #ScamsandFraud #Cybersecurity #RomanceScam #CyberCrime #Fraud #Ghana #BEC
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Malicious ISO File Used in Romance Scam Targeting German Speakers https://hackread.com/malicious-iso-file-romance-scam-on-german-speakers/ #SublimeSecurity #ScamsandFraud #Cybersecurity #CyberAttack #RomanceScam #KeitaroTDS #Security #Germany #Malware #Fraud
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Feds Bust N. Korean Identity Theft Ring Targeting US Firms https://www.hackread.com/feds-bust-n-korean-identity-theft-ring-us-firms/ #ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #NorthKorea #Ukraine #Russia #China #Fraud #DRPK #Scam