Sarah Sharples

To his friends, he presented as just a “normal” guy – living with his girlfriend of three years, a groomsman at a wedding, attending parties and playing golf – but they were left shocked when he was arrested, convicted of child porn offences and sent to jail for eight years.

An acclaimed producer who has worked with the likes of Dannii Minogue and had hit shows at the Sydney Opera House and key music festivals is being slammed by performers who haven’t been paid, leaving them struggling and thousands of dollars out of pocket.

When the bank phoned Danny McIver after four transactions had already drained his bank account of most of his life savings, little did he know his nightmare had only just begun.

Australia has become a lucrative honeypot for scammers in a scourge that is costing Aussies billions of dollars a year. A news.au special investigation has found in most cases the scammers could have been stopped.

A Brisbane woman was bombarded with 25 calls in just over half an hour as a scammer who had already stolen thousands from her bank accounts became increasingly desperate to keep her on the hook.

A Brisbane woman was bombarded with 25 calls in just over half an hour as a scammer who had already stolen thousands from her bank accounts became increasingly desperate to keep her on the hook.

When a text message dropped from his bank, Dean Cropp never thought it would see him lose a “heartbreaking” $42,000 that was crucial to his livelihood.

When a phone call came through from Matt McKell’s bank alerting him to almost $7000 in fraudulent transactions on his credit card, he had no idea he would later be blamed for scammers stealing his money.

A Melbourne man who was purchasing his first home lost his $90,000 house deposit to a chilling scam – leaving him sick when his conveyancer chased the missing money on the day he was set to buy the house.

Scam victims are being set up to fail under proposed new rules and will be locked in a bitter battle against cashed up corporations, according to politicians and consumer groups.