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A Brisbane man has been left unable to sleep after all his savings and his entire salary for January was cleaned out of his account – leaving him with no money to pay off his car loan or credit card.John* was caught up in both the Optus and…

On the surface, Vageesh Potnis was an unassuming postman.But the Australia Post delivery driver led a double life in which he preyed financially on society’s most vulnerable.Court documents reveal a conniving scheme which saw the Indian…

A distressed Australian mum has warned others after being sent a convincing text message from a scammer posing as her child. The fraudster pretended to be the woman’s child stuck at Woolworths with the wrong bank card on Thursday, sending a…

Chelsea Paton was horrified to discover her entire pay for the month had been drained from her bank account via 25 transactions worth just under $200 each for a Sydney brothel.Always paid on the 10th of the month, she initially thought she…

I’ve never really thought I had a type. For example, on Tuesday morning I stumbled upon the most magnificent looking man I’ve ever seen and he was roughly 5 foot 6 (at a stretch!). I’ve got a date next week with a bloke who is 6 foot 3! I…

A distraught teenager who claims to have been scammed out of $37,000 in a matter of seconds has issued a chilling warning.After scoring her first casual job at 14, Aurora Casilli has been dreaming of the day she would have enough money to…

A Queensland dad is outraged after a bank blunder left him $375,000 in debt and unable to access his funds during the festive period. Aaron* was forced to liquidate his cryptocurrency portfolio, take out business loans and even use his…

A building company that collapsed suddenly leaving $10 billion worth of government projects up in the air was owed $350 million by its parent company, which could be hard to recover, according to administrators.Perth-based Clough Group went…

This time of year can put a shiver up the spine of most singletons. Yes, it’s Christmas time, and oopsy daisy you forgot to bag yourself a partner in time for Chrissy lunch with the family. You’re armouring up for the “Why haven’t you got…

A 23-year-old Sydneysider has been left “struggling” after Nespresso mistakenly took hundreds of dollars from her bank account due to an internal technical error. Raha Bonakdar said she was randomly fleeced of $540 on Wednesday and only…