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  • Perth Nigerian scammer jailed

    A Perth man has reportedly been jailed for six years for his role in a Nigerian-style scam campaign that netted $132,400 from four Australian victims.

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    MasterCard International today said it had acted to shut down 13 fraudulent financial Web sites based in Australia under an 11-month campaign that saw around 1,400 terminated globally.

  • New scam asks people to fax away data

    Phishers have added a new lure to their tackle boxes: e-mails that ask people to fax sensitive information to bogus security investigators.

  • Cheap flights scam lures online victims

    Web sites that claim to offer bargain airline prices but instead collect unsuspecting users' credit card details are on the rise, warned Internet security firm Panda Software.

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    E-mails attempting to trick customers out of their bank account details could be a Russian version of the 419 email scam, according to a security expert.

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  • Paralympic phishing scam blocked by coding error

    A new phishing e-mail aimed at diverting donations to the Australian Paralympic Team has emerged -- complete with a coding error which means that the cold-hearted scam is unlikely to work.

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    After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?

  • Caught in a phishing trap?

    The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.

  • Phishers going after small fry

    Online fraud scams are increasingly turning their sights to credit unions, according to a new report.

  • The new face of cybercrime

    Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn old lessons.

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