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Cryptocurrency fraudsters have swindled their victims out of hundreds of millions – even billions – of dollars. What do they do to earn people’s trust and then take their money?
Whether you’re caught by a catfish or an online romance scammer, both use similar techniques to play with your emotions.
Six tips on how to check out that latest online threat that’s targeting your children. How you can easily tell if it’s real or just another hoax?
Governments can help citizens protect their own cybersecurity by providing practical advice and meaningful support.
Australians have lost more than $76 million to fraud so far this year. These are the tactics that online offenders use to dupe their victims.
Millions of dollars are lost each year by Australian’s caught in romance scams. But one Australian grandmother now faces paying a much higher price: she’s been sentenced to death.
If you understand how one scam works, you’ll be less likely to fall for similarly attractive traps.
Why do people continue to send money when caught in any online romance scam? Researchers are now finding the techniques these fraudsters use are similar to those in domestic violence cases.
Top contributors
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Security and Fraud, University of Portsmouth
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Criminologist (Cybercrime), University of Surrey
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Professor of Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Arlington
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Lecturer, Computer and Security Science, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, Curtin University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Abertay University
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Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University
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Lecturer in Finance, Bangor University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre, Deakin University