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Dominique Grubisa is arguably one of Australia’s most persistent scammers.

Meet Australia’s most persistent scammer, now ascending to the cloud

Dominique Eva Grubisa made a career and a fortune out of what courts now say was misleading and deceptive conduct. Nothing, so far, can stop her.

  • Michael Bachelard

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Jett felt engulfed by darkness after realising he’d been scammed more than $20,000.

‘Everything is dark’: How a fake job cost a young graduate $23,000

On the eve of the rollout of new scam laws, scammers are finding new ways to hit Australians. Consumer and industry groups are warning delays and gaps will allow mass fraud to persist.

  • Aisha Dow
There have long been warnings that our super system could be targeted by scammers and fraudsters.

After growing to $4.5 trillion, super faces its next big challenge: scammers

As the $4.5 trillion super pool gets bigger the risks from scammers grows and super funds face increased pressure to lift their game in protecting members.

  • Clancy Yeates
Thousands of climbers come to Nepal every year to scale the highest Himalayan mountains.

Nepal travel executives arrested for scamming millions with fake mountain rescues

Fake documents, including passenger and cargo manifests for helicopter flights, medical invoices and hospital reports, were allegedly sent to insurance companies.

  • Binaj Gurubacharya

‘Not me’: Magda Szubanski warns against social media scam

Comedy icon Magda Szubanski has cautioned against fake medical fundraisers and news stories made in her image.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
The Isla & James website was created nine days after the Bondi Beach shooting.

‘Abhorrent’: ‘Ghost store’ attempts to cash in on Bondi attack

The fake website, created nine days after the terror attack, claims its co-founder was shot in the tragedy. NSW Fair Trading is working to get it removed.

  • Amber Schultz
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Authors are the latest target of flattering AI-driven scams

“I have an exciting idea that could help your book gain some serious traction,” the email read. But it wasn’t what it at first seemed.

  • Jane Sullivan
A legitimate Booking.com webpage; the one that fooled the author looked almost identical.

I travel for a living, yet I nearly fell for this common booking scam

In my defence, this particular scam – involving Booking.com – was probably the most sophisticated I have ever seen.

  • Robert Jackman
Yachtsman David Hows

Sailing enthusiasts and crew scuppered by yacht investment scheme

Australian investors have lost money in a scheme involving luxury yachts, lucrative returns and discounted voyages around the South Pacific.

  • Cameron Houston
Scammers are creating websites that look like the official sites of airlines, then paying to come at the top of search results.

A new scam is catching out airline passengers at their most distracted

When an actual human being answered an airline customer-service hotline after a single ring, I probably should have known I was being had.

  • Rachel Dodes