You might not see the damage of a well-orchestrated Valentine’s Day scam until many months later,according to Westpac head of fraud Benjamin Young.
The federal government has ordered the communications regulator to look at setting up an SMS sender ID registry to block scam texts.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Telstra failed to respond to hundreds of calls for help and information about registering for priority assistance,putting some of its most vulnerable customers at risk.
Dodgy personal and household goods drew the most complaints last year,as supply issues and shortages continued to frustrate the state.
A customer who complained about NAB’s digital offshoot says the offer,given on condition they keep the matter confidential,is “an insult”.
The rideshare giant will pay $5 million less in penalties after the ACCC was unable to justify the initial $26 million figure.
When a Melbourne funeral home allegedly refused to open Helen Moraitis’s casket on the day of her funeral,her mother was suspicious.
Social media and mobile app scams cost Australians hundreds of millions of dollars a year,the ACCC says in a report.
You might forgive restaurants and taxi drivers for charging extra to recover some losses,but not the companies that enjoyed super profits during the pandemic.
Choice has announced the winners of its Shonky Awards,which includes a florist,an airline and a pet loan provider.
The owner of an awning company that allegedly swindled tens of thousands of dollars from customers has been accused in a public administrator’s report of siphoning more than $300,000 from the business while running it into the ground.