Scams and Fraud

After a young family invests their life savings in their dream home, only to discover it is filled with defects, SA's consumer watchdog issues a public warning notice about the builder responsible and seven other traders.

Australian and Thai police release a script discovered in a Cambodian scam compound, revealing the high-pressure methods used to coerce Australian victims. 

Australian travellers are being left out of pocket and fearful their personal data has been stolen, amid growing concerns over the security of online travel bookings. 

Justin thought he was being investigated by the Chinese police, but was pulled into a vicious and frightening scam targeting the Chinese diaspora all over the world.

Radden Patrick Keefe is a journalist whose latest book is about the 2019 death of a teenager who had been living a fantasy life posing as the child of a Russian oligarch.

The Romanian citizen, who illegally visited Australia as part of a global "distraction fraud" operation, has been jailed after fleecing thousands of dollars from elderly Australian shoppers.

A growing number of scam operations are cropping up in Sri Lanka amid sweeping crackdowns in hotspot countries elsewhere in the region.

A woman recounts how she was scammed out of $2,000 from Apple gift cards purchased at Coles.

Coles is looking into a Melbourne mother's complaint about faulty Apple gift cards worth $2,000.

Norman O'Bryan was one of Melbourne's top barristers — until he was caught trying to overcharge his clients in a scandal described as "one of the darkest chapters" in Victorian legal history.

Two men fleeced millions from five victims in a fraudulent property investment scheme, which one victim said had stolen half her superannuation and "ruined" her life.

An Adelaide man has avoided jail for making a series of fraudulent claims with the NDIS in a bid to help the struggling business he was working for survive.

Israeli citizen Shabtay Yaacoby is found guilty of laundering more than $10 million stolen by investment scammers.

Higher inflation, a war in the Middle East, and a ban on surcharges are crippling small businesses. Now they are falling victim to a modern crime.

Scam centre survivors say they are hurt by games that serialise scam compound experiences online, but one creator says he hopes people find the game "fun".

A mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis to raise thousands of dollars has been jailed for more than four years for the "cruel, calculated" and "manipulative" crime.

The Sydney dad believed he was investing in cryptocurrency, stocks and even gold with the hopes of buying a home.

Experts reveal the most common ways fraudsters steal card details and how to keep your accounts safer.

Billionaire Judith Neilson's former secretary is accused of going on a $1.6m shopping spree using her employer's credit cards and bank information.

A triple j hack investigation uncovers allegations that a booking agency has failed to pay more than 20 Australian bands and artists.