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Police warn of costly new bank scam – 9 April 2019
Police are warning significant increase in the use of ‘mule bank accounts’ in which the scammer will request the use of your bank account to facilitate money transfers and will offer you a small fee for your assistance.
http://www.starweekly.com.au/news/police-warn-of-costly-new-bank-scam/
Auditors set for name and shame for poor audit quality – 8 April 2019
The Financial Reporting Council has recommended that Company auditors who are under investigation for poor audit quality should be named, while ASIC should publish the results and identify firms in its audit inspection.
How parks in China want to blacklist ‘uncivilized’ visitors – 8 April 2019
Tourism authorities are hoping to crackdown on badly behaved visitors by using artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology and hidden cameras. In 2018, China’s dictatorship proposed social scorecards by which all citizens will be monitored 24/7 and ranked on their behaviour.
Police, Scamwatch warn of new scam targeting emailed invoices – 8 April 2019
Police are warning of a new email scam, where scammers duplicate a legitimate invoice and send it again with different bank details. Many businesses only realise they’ve been caught out once it’s too late.
