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Urgent warning amid fake ‘$890 Centrelink bonus payment’

‘These payments don’t exist.’

2 min read

A number of sites spreading fake information about Centrelink payments have been emerging, and Aussies have been warned to avoid them.

‘Urgent alert’ over message landing in hundreds of Australians’ inboxes

The messages are ‘intended to terrify the individual reading it’.

2 min read

An example of a scam extortion email.

Sisters lose $2.7k in Olivia Rodrigo ticket nightmare

3 min read

Three Adelaide sister were swindled out of Olivia Rodrio tickets in a scam that’s become popular in Australia.

Westpac struck by fourth major outage this week

2 min read

Westpac services are down for the fourth time this week.

Innocent mistake costs Aussie bride-to-be $35,000

4 min read

A young Victorian woman has had her wedding dreams dashed after losing $35,000 in an elaborate online side hustle scam.

Australia’s scam hotspots revealed - is your postcode at risk?

2 min read

Westpac has revealed the postcodes in each state that have reported the most scams.