Anatomy of a Scam Podcast
1) Fighting Fire with Fire: Tech Tools for Stifling Scams
In the age of AI, scammers are now equipped with a new arsenal for exploitation - and we need similarly new defences to match. This raises a pressing question: Are we caught in a relentless, technolog...Show More
2) False Profits: Spotting the Red Flags of Investment Scams
The desire for riches beyond our dreams can obscure even the most obvious signs of an investment scam, blinding us to the red flags and warnings. It goes some way to explaining why Australians lose mo...Show More
3) The Phishing Scam Numbers Game: Bait, Believability, Bad Luck
If you encounter a scam, chances are it's a phishing scam - but what are the odds you'll fall for it? What variables factor into the outcome? And how does technology potentially stack the odds in favo...Show More
4) BUY/SELL/SCAM: The Scam Side of Social Media
Online marketplaces give you easy access to what you want - but beware, they can also deliver more than you bargained for, whether you're buying or selling... Featuring: Ben - Buy-Sell scam & iden...Show More
5) Deepfakes: The New Face of Fraud
In the age of AI, looks can be deceiving. Deepfake technology is increasingly being used to create sophisticated, hard-to-detect scams and frauds. So how can we unmask these digital deceptions before ...Show More
6) AI Voice Clones: The Sound of Deception
Listen closely - can you pick the real voice from the AI clone? It's not that easy... As voice cloning technology advances the art of digital mimicry, it opens a Pandora's box of deception, transform...Show More
7) RETURNING NOV 28: Anatomy of a Scam Season Two
In our fight against scams, we started to heed the warnings and spot the signs – the message was sinking in. But then we woke up one day in the AI era and the traditional signs of a scam are more sc...Show More
8) Fighting Back: Weapons in the War Against Scams
When faced with an arsenal of scams aimed directly at us, we are also faced with one vital question: How are we defending ourselves? It’s a question asked not just by individuals but by our most tr...Show More
9) ‘Not so Happily Ever After’: Romance and the Psychology of a Scam
After finding the love of her life online, Sharon Armstrong was sure she was headed for her ‘happily ever after.’ Instead, she spent two years in prison. She fell for the wrong guy, believed the wron...Show More
10) Remote Access Scams: The "helpful" hijackers hiding in plain sight…
We’ve all had a problem solved on the end of a tech support line. So when Vicki receives a call claiming to be from one of the biggest companies in the world, of course she hands over control of her ...Show More