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  • Banks to blame users for Web fraud?

    Should Australians be worried that NZ bank customers are being used as "lab rats" to see if users could be made liable if they fall victim to online fraud?

  • ASIC warns about 'fake' cheap flights site

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Monday issued a warning about a Sydney-based Web site that seems to offer discount flights but is actually a scam.

  • ASIC issues online shark alert

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Thursday warned about a number of international companies targeting Australian Internet users with risky investment schemes.

  • Financial adviser sentenced over Nigerian investment scam

    A Melbourne financial adviser who got conned by a "Nigerian investment scam" has been sentenced to five years and three months jail after he took AU$1 million from his clients to pay for the fees required in the scam.

  • ASIC targets stock price shenanigans

    Alan Miller, owner operator of www.stocktracker.com.au has been forced to retract “industry gossip” disseminated through his Web site, after a Brisbane court found he was providing investment advice without an appropriate licence.

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