In 2017, Tracy Hall's life went from fact to fiction overnight when she discovered the man she'd been dating was one of Australia's most prolific con men - Hamish McLaren.
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One day you get a call. A specialist from a bank is offering you a limited-time interest rate on an investment. But you only get the deal if you transfer the money this week.
As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used for both good and ill, you can expect to see increasingly sophisticated scams using AI.
This week, I read a heartbreaking article about a man investing a large sum of money for his grandmother in a Ponzi scheme. So why do people fall for these scams?
Rising childcare costs raise red flags, and why you need to be extra cautious on video calls. Here are five things you may have missed this week.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received a record 102,790 complaints last year. Staff say that number is unsustainable.
Apple pays out over claims it slowed down iPhones, and back-to-school shopping adds to financial stress for Aussie families. Here are five things you might have missed this week.
Consumers shortchanged on bonus interest, Aussie parents keen to buy shares for kids, and beware of porch pirates this Christmas. Here are five things you may have missed this week.
Social media finfluencers helped fill the financial advice vacuum for everyday Aussies. Will a new breed of financial advisers fix that?
Name matching means Aussies could be alerted before transferring money to the wrong bank account in an effort to weed out scams.
