Thursday 19 June 2014

Scams, fraud increased in Australia during 2013

ACCC says dating/romance scams most expensive for victims while card fraud reached $290.9 million reports Australian Payments Clearing Association

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/547858/scams_fraud_increased_australia_during_2013/

Wednesday 11 June 2014

Hotlines, Not Audits, Catch Crooked Employees

Read more at:

http://ww2.cfo.com/fraud/2014/06/hotlines-audits-catch-crooked-employees/

Mary Berners-Lee: An Unlikely Fraud Victim

As crime victims go, a 90-year-old pensioner might appear typical. But Mary Berners-Lee is a highly regarded mathematician who helped create the world's first commercial computer, the Ferranti Mark I. She is also the mother of Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the world wide web. Yet even she was outsmarted by the courier scammers. Watch the video

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27688173