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A personal request from “The Reserve Bank of Australia”? Not likely!

Scammers often use the names of non-existent realistic sounding institutions like “the Federal Bank of South Africa” or “the European Consumer Protection Bureau”.
28 Nov 2006

A gamble that won’t pay off

There is no guaranteed way to make money from betting on the horses— but there are some scammers around who want you to believe that there is.
29 Sep 2006

A job transferring money? Beware of dirty tricks and dirty money

Have you recently received a spam email offering you work as a 'transfer manager' or 'financial' manager for an overseas company? These 'job offers' are scams!
29 Sep 2006
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