âHeartbreakingâ: Elderly couple loses $50k in 24 hour scams An AFP-issued search warrant is good news for the fight against one of the most insidous types of scams. Picture: Supplied.
Technology Kathy Sundstrom 2nd May 2021 10:00 AM If you have ever been involved in a scam, you will know the sense of injustice one can feel when the perpetrators are far from our shores and seem to be acting with impunity and well beyond the scales of justice. But this week we ve had some great news in the fight against one of the most insidious types of scams, the remote access scam.
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Helping set up your parents to keep them safe online might be easier than you d think.
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Summer holidays are a time for lazing about, seeing loved ones and if your break was anything like mine solving your parents latest tech quandaries.
If you re often leant on for tech support in your family, it can sometimes feel like you d rather throw out all your parents devices than show them how to log onto online banking one. more. time. Or more worryingly, help them change all their passwords (I mean their one password they use for everything) after they ve clicked on something dodgy.