Historical murders, missing persons cases, and ultra-wealthy clients getting international death threats. This is what keeps a private detective busy these days.
Aussies are being urged to remain vigilant in the lead up to tax time as new and "aggressive" scams emerge claiming to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
The aim is to stop fraudulent transactions as they take place or freeze funds to return to customers as quickly as possible before they can be withdrawn or used to buy cryptocurrency.
One of the world's biggest scam syndicates that swindled more than $1 billion from unsuspecting investors has been busted by an Australian investigator.
Australians are being warned to keep an eye out for scam federal budget text messages after reports of at least one sent out to coincide with the government's announcement.
Victorians have already lost more than $125,819 to online rental scams in the first four months of 2023, with 61 instances of scamming reported to police.
Sharon received a notification back in 2020 that someone was attempting to access her personal MyGov account. Despite changing her password immediately. It was too late.
More than $3.1 billion was lost to scammers by Australians last year and criminals are resorting to "alarming new tactics". But all that may soon change.
Teonë was hoping to make space in her garage when she listed some clothes for sale. "Within seconds" of posting an ad, she received a message - that's when a traumatic ordeal began.