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The Federal Court has today ordered Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd (DG Institute) to pay $5 million in pecuniary penalties for making false or misleading representations to consumers in the promotion and sale of two education programs called Real Estate Rescue (RER) and Master Wealth Control (MWC), and to pay consumer redress totalling $14.7 million to students enrolled in the MWC program.

Scam warning: The ACCC is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses. They may use this media release about refunds from Grays to convince you that it is real.

If you are planning on travelling by car this holiday season the Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA has issued a scam warning of increased reports of toll road impersonation scams in the lead up to the holiday period.

Scammers are capitalising on rumours that Amazon may be planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, according to security company Avast.

Fake websites, bogus telephone calls and fake emails are part of the scam inventory being used in Australia as scammers increasingly use fake charities or impersonate real charities on unsuspecting victims, according to a new report.

If you are desperate and dateless (D&D) have cyber criminals got a deal for you, particularly if you are feeling lonely this Valentine’s day, Tuesday 14 February.