Gone Phishing: the racehorse trainer, the Mercedes-Benz, and the missing $100,000

Most of the time we back ourselves to spot a real email from a fake one. But sometimes the signs of a scam are so well hidden, you don’t even think to check. It’s a lesson well learned by champion racehorse trainer Rob Heathcote. When he recently bought his wife a new car, he didn’t plan on buying it twice… Business Email Compromise, the biggest scam affecting Australian businesses. Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features: Champion racehorse trainer Rob Heathcote AFP Commander Cybercrime Operations Chris Goldsmid CyberCX executive director, digital forensics and incident response, Nick Klein CSIRO Data61 Principal Research Scientist, Dr Marthie Grobler Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.

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Gone Phishing: the racehorse trainer, the Mercedes-Benz, and the missing $100,000 is an episode from Anatomy of a Scam by Nine Radio.

This episode is 20:38 long.

This episode was published on Nov 15, 2022.

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