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• Aussie businesses lose $600k to invoice email scam

  Criminals have managed to siphon a total of $600,000 out of Australian businesses by posing as suppliers and requesting payment be sent to a new bank account via email, says SCAMwatch.

• Top 3 Australian financial scams of 2014

  As the year winds down, it’s time to look back at some of the financial scams that targeted Australians in 2014.

• 4G email scam targets Telstra customers

  Telstra has warned customers to delete a phishing email that claims they need to update their billing information following the introduction of 4G services on the 700MHz spectrum.

• EnergyAustralia warns of new email scam

  Utility provider EnergyAustralia has warned customers about an email phishing scam that claims to contain a link to their electricity or gas bill.

• Reserve Bank scam email circulating

  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is warning Australians not to respond to an email which claims that someone tried to access their personal bank account.

• Westpac warns customers of email scam

  Westpac Australia has warned customers to delete a hoax email which asks them to sign into a website in order to confirm their credit card details.

• By George, it’s a royal baby scam

  The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has issued a warning about email scams which involve royal baby Prince George of Cambridge.