Theatre to the rescue! Italian watchdog presents play about Charles Ponzi
Nadia Linciano, Consob’s Secretary General, and Massimo Giordano, an actor from Salento, drew the script for a theater play about scams.
Nadia Linciano, Consob’s Secretary General, and Massimo Giordano, an actor from Salento, drew the script for a theater play about scams.
Authorities estimate that the overall loss suffered by victims of financial fraud in France is at least €500 million a year.
ASIC’s latest enforcement and regulatory update highlights the regulator’s investment scams disruption work.
Losses experienced by each victim rose by more than 50% due in part to scammers using new technology to lure and deceive victims.
New research from the UK FCA has found that a quarter of investors who avoided a scam are taking inspiration from Sherlock Holmes.
The UK FCA is using data to tackle online fraud faster by scanning approximately 100,000 websites created every day to identify scams.
Australians lost over $205 million to scams between 1 January and 1 May 2022, a 166% increase compared to the same period last year.
Complaints about “authorised” scams increased by 30% in the second quarter of this financial year, when compared to the same period in 2020/21.
The scammers use high quality brochures and other documents that appear to have been produced by easily recognizable brands.
The latest data from Scamwatch reveals that Australians have reported $41.3 million in losses due to fraudulent investment schemes since the start of 2020.