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In its report "Risk factors for advance fee fraud victimisation" (PDF), which surveyed 202 Victorians that had sent money to Nigeria in a scam, the AIC found that the most common way in which victims were duped out of their cash was via email. ...
Older people too embarrassed to report fraud, Australian Institute of ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFKk5S_GCJvOdys7lYTzSqSZLRvmA&url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/older-people-too-embarrassed-to-report-fraud-australian-institute-of-criminology-finds/story-e6frf7jx-1226123781268)Herald Sun
Victorians lose $1.4 million in online scams (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHnV_1sWwjDS24_Zloc1UTQLusgYA&url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-28/victorians-fall-victim-to-scammers/2859196?site%3Dmelbourne)ABC Online
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