Beware of bushfire scams: how fraudsters take advantage of those in need
- Written by Cassandra Cross, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Australians were also cheated out of A$400,000 last year in charity scams.Dean Lewins/AAP
There’s been an overwhelming outpouring of love and support around the world for those impacted by the bushfires, from social-media donation drives to music concerts to authors auctioning off their books.
Sadly, but unsurprisingly, we’ve also seen...
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