CANBERRA, ACT, March 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Commonwealth Bank
Editor's note: Video grabs of Detective Superintendent Marie Andersson are available via Hightail.
Ruthless scammers posing as would-be saviours are tapping into brazen new techniques to drain the banking and cryptocurrency accounts of everyday Australians.
The Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), which draws on banking industry intelligence, is lifting the lid on the bold tactics used at every step of the scamming playbook.
These range from trying to replicate the hold music used by banks to audacious tag-team conversations that concurrently ...