The Development: On 13 February 2025, the Australian Federal Parliament passed the Scams Prevention Bill 2025 (Cth) ("Bill"), the first of its kind worldwide. The Context: The Bill comes after the ...

Australian authorities exposed a crypto crime organization that allegedly laundered $123 million. Four suspects are charged in connection with the scheme. The discovery is the outcome of an 18-month ...

While the number of reported fraud cases is down, Australians lost 28% more money to online scams in the first four months of the year, compared to the same period in 2024. See Also: Small Business.

Among the arsenal of threats cyber criminals keep locked and ready to use on unwilling victims, fresh research has revealed that scams remain the number one cyber threat.

Digital scams cost Australians millions of dollars each year - and they’re becoming more convincing than ever.  From SMS ...

Australian authorities have intensified efforts to combat crypto scammers impersonating Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), ...

Australia introduced the world to the first-ever scam prevention law that promised to make the country the hardest place on earth for fraudsters. Eight months later, it's trapped in bureaucratic limbo ...

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more ...

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of ...

I am a Justice of Peace in Western Australia. The federal government is stepping up its fight against scams, which last year cost Australians more than A$2.7 billion. On Friday, the federal treasury ...

Once upon a time, when the phone rang it was either someone you knew or a wrong number. Times have changed, unfortunately, ...