Fighting Back: Weapons in the War Against Scams

12/20/22 • 22 min

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 trusted institutions too.

And between legislation, regulation, occupations and awareness campaigns, the good guys are chalking up wins by finding ways to fight back.

Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features:

James Roberts - General Manager of Group Fraud Management Services at CommBank
John Fogarty - Executive General Manager of Financial Crime Compliance at CommBank
Assistant Commissioner Chris Goldsmid - AFP Cyber Operations Commander
Detective Superintendent Matt Craft - NSW Police Cybercrime Squad Commander
Jeremey Fenton - Executive Manager - Consumer, Consent and Numbers Branch, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
David Lacey - Managing Director, IDCARE

Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 trusted institutions too.

And between legislation, regulation, occupations and awareness campaigns, the good guys are chalking up wins by finding ways to fight back.

Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features:

James Roberts - General Manager of Group Fraud Management Services at CommBank
John Fogarty - Executive General Manager of Financial Crime Compliance at CommBank
Assistant Commissioner Chris Goldsmid - AFP Cyber Operations Commander
Detective Superintendent Matt Craft - NSW Police Cybercrime Squad Commander
Jeremey Fenton - Executive Manager - Consumer, Consent and Numbers Branch, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
David Lacey - Managing Director, IDCARE

Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

‘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 wrong stories...
And uncovering the psychological tactics used against her, along with those used in many other scams, shows that nobody is immune.

Anatomy of a Scam is hosted by Deborah Knight and features:

Sharon Armstrong
Monica Whitty - Professor of Human Factors in Cyber Security at Monash University
David Lacey - Managing Director, IDCARE

Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank Safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud 24/7. Remember 3 simple steps: Stop. Check. Reject.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next Episode

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 scam-ouflaged than ever before. It's hard to spot the signs if you can't trust that what you're seeing is real.

In this new season of Anatomy of a Scam, hosts Deb Knight and Trevor Long examine how crooks have taken the traditional scam playbook and turbocharged it with AI, the powerful new technology redefining our digital lives.

Note-perfect voice clones, eerily accurate deep fake videos, and dodgy emails written in perfect English: the art of deception is alive and well - and no longer human.

Anatomy of a Scam returns on Tuesday, November 28th.

Hosted by Deborah Knight & Trevor Long, Anatomy of a Scam is made in collaboration with CommBank. Stay CommBank safe with services that help protect you from scams and fraud.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.