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  • Budget '09: Centrelink's tech boost

    The Federal Government has allocated substantial funds in the 2009 Federal Budget to boost the anti-fraud, call centre and online IT infrastructure capacity of welfare agency Centrelink.

  • New OECD guidelines target spam, fraud

    New suggested government guidelines for protecting consumers from cross-border fraud could spell bad news for fraudulent spammers.

  • Australia risks becoming card crime haven

    The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has raised the spectre of Australia becoming a haven for credit card criminals, in its latest research on electronic crime.

  • Microsoft to fight phishers in Europe

    Microsoft is taking phishers to court in Europe, after launching a similar legal campaign in the United States.

  • Secret Service busts online ID fraud ring

    In an investigation that led from online forums to a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria, law enforcement officials arrested in the last 48 hours suspects from eight states and six foreign countries on charges of identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy.

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