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How to Check a Suspicious Email in Under a Minute
Three quick eyeball checks, then one forward that gets you a definitive answer — free, no signup, no app to install.
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Before You Give: The 60-Second Charity Check
Doorknock, phone call or disaster appeal — here's how to check any Australian charity against the official register in under a minute, including the lookalikes a plain search misses.
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hellostake.com Has 53 Clone Sites — More Than Any Brand We Watch
Our monitoring detected 53 domains designed to impersonate hellostake.com in June 2026 — more than any of the 129 brands we track, including Apple, Target and the big banks. Here's why investment platforms are scammers' favourite target, and how to protect yourself.
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How to Check an Australian Charity in 30 Seconds — Without Giving Them a Cent First
A donor's guide to the four registers that matter, the four red flags that should stop you, and a free tool that combines all of them in one screen.
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Five telcos. Twelve months. One audit finding repeated six times.
Six ACMA telco infringement notices in twelve months. One audit finding repeated six times. ACMA's draft consumer code rejected. Here's what the regulator's revealed preference tells you about SPF compliance.
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The SMS Sender ID Register goes live in sixty-four days. Here's what most CIOs still get wrong
The SMS Sender ID Register becomes mandatory 1 July 2026. From that date, unregistered alphanumeric sender IDs display as 'Unverified' to recipients. Here's what most CIOs still get wrong.
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What '159,745 penalty units' actually means for an Australian telco on 2 July 2026
The SPF Act Tier 1 maximum is the greater of three numbers. The A$52.7M figure is the floor, not the ceiling. And it changes on 1 July 2026 due to penalty unit indexation.
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Five penalties, one rejected code, sixty-four days: why every Australian telco except Telstra is a buyer of scam intelligence
Six telco penalties in twelve months. ACMA's draft consumer code rejected twice. SPF Act commences 1 July 2026 with A$52.7M maximum penalties. Here's what changes — and why every Australian telco except Telstra will be a buyer of scam intelligence.
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How Ask Arthur Works: From Submission to Verdict
A walkthrough of the Ask Arthur architecture: the 12-stage submission pipeline, the durable Inngest consumers that run after every verdict, the 16-feed threat intelligence layer, three-tier idempotency, the per-platform bot formatters, and nine things we would improve next.
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When your phone drops to "SOS only": the mobile fraud Australians need to know about
If your phone drops to "SOS only" while everyone else has full bars, it can be the first sign of a SIM-swap attack. Here's what to do in the first ten minutes — and the five-step checklist that protects you before it happens.
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Australia Post Delivery Scam Texts: What to Look For
Fake delivery notifications from 'Australia Post' are flooding Australian phones. Here's how to spot them before you click.
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What to Do If You've Been Scammed in Australia
If you've fallen victim to a scam, acting quickly can limit the damage. Here's your step-by-step recovery guide with all the Australian contacts you need.
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NBN Scam Calls: They Won't Disconnect You
Scammers claiming your NBN connection will be disconnected are targeting thousands of Australians. Here's why it's always a scam.
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How to Spot ATO Scam Calls and Text Messages
The ATO is one of the most impersonated organisations in Australia. Here's how to tell if that call or text is really from the Tax Office.
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How to Check If a Message Is a Scam
Received a suspicious message and not sure if it's a scam? Here's how to check in seconds using free tools available to all Australians.
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Is That myGov Email Real? How to Check
myGov phishing emails are among the most common scams in Australia. Here's how to check if that email is legitimate.
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Toll Road Scam Texts Targeting Linkt and e-TAG Users
Fake toll road payment texts claiming to be from Linkt or e-TAG are targeting Australian drivers. Here's how to tell they're scams.
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Is That Facebook Marketplace Listing a Scam? How to Check Before You Buy
9,628 buying/selling scam reports in 2025. Learn how to spot fake Facebook Marketplace listings, verify sellers, use safe payment methods, and protect yourself from the most common Marketplace scams.
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PayID Scams on Facebook Marketplace: The Complete Guide to Staying Safe
PayID scams are Australia's fastest-growing marketplace fraud. Learn the full scam script, why PayID never sends emails, red flags to watch for, and what to do if you are targeted.
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Scams Prevention Framework: What Australian Banks, Telcos, and Platforms Must Do by July 2026
The SPF Act 2025 commences 1 July 2026 with penalties up to $52.7M. This guide covers the six principles, sector obligations, penalty framework, and compliance checklists for banks, telcos, and digital platforms.
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Ask Arthur is now on Chrome: detect scam ads and dodgy sellers on Facebook
Australians lost $2.18 billion to scams last year. A huge chunk of that happens on Facebook. Today, Ask Arthur is available as a free Chrome extension to protect you.
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We Scanned a Suspicious Bank Text. Then We Found $4,000 in Fraud.
My girlfriend got a text that looked exactly like a bank scam. Arthur flagged it as high risk. We almost ignored it — until we opened the app.
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Why We Built Ask Arthur: Australia Deserves Better Scam Protection
Australians lost $2.03 billion to scams last year and existing tools aren't built for us. Here's why we created Ask Arthur — and how it works.
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