Tag: Fraud

91,637 took to the ACCC with complaints of scams in 2014, resulting in an accumulated loss of $81,832,793.

In Australia, fraud costs business and government a mind-bending $5.8 billion each year, making fraud responsible for one-third of the nation’s overall crime costs.

Many small business owners believe that their business is too small to be targeted by fraudsters and scammers. This could not be further from the truth.

Regardless of how innocuous a document may seem, all business owners are being warned to shred all paper-based confidential documents ahead of National Identity Fraud Awareness Week (October 12-18).

Telstra is reminding customers across Australia to be wary of scammers who attempt to obtain their personal information via telephone.

A comprehensive and tailored approach to protecting your business against online attacks has become as necessary as locking the door to your house.

As consumers look to avoid the crowds in shopping centres, the number of shoppers heading online for Christmas continues to grow.

Australia’s major financial institutions and card providers have today announced a campaign to expand the use of PIN for payment authorisations on chip-enabled credit and debit cards, instead of a signature.

A new study has found over half of all fraudulent acts committed against companies are done so by an employee of that company.

Fraud is big business these days, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating a number of cases of alleged marketing-related fraud.