https://ramanbhalla.com/tags/australia/ Recent content in Australia on Connected Boxes Hugo en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:04:41 +1000 https://ramanbhalla.com/posts/post6-spf-agencies/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:04:41 +1000 https://ramanbhalla.com/posts/post6-spf-agencies/ <p><strong>Scam!</strong></p> <p>We’ve all seen the headlines. It’s usually a variation of the same story: the &ldquo;good guys&rdquo; chasing the &ldquo;bad guys,&rdquo; with the villains always appearing to be three steps ahead. For a long time, I never really questioned who those &ldquo;good guys&rdquo; actually were—or what they were doing besides playing a permanent game of catch-up.</p> <p>But my recent work has made me look under the hood of Australia’s new defence system, the reality is far more complex than a simple police chase. To stop a scam today, it takes an entire ecosystem.</p> https://ramanbhalla.com/posts/post2-scam-prevention-framework/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:46:48 +1100 https://ramanbhalla.com/posts/post2-scam-prevention-framework/ <h2 id="scams-are-real-and-theyre-everywhere">Scams are real, and they&rsquo;re everywhere<a class="anchor" href="#scams-are-real-and-theyre-everywhere">#</a></h2> <p>Who hasn&rsquo;t heard of scams? Many of us have. For most of the lucky ones, it&rsquo;s just news we&rsquo;ve heard. It&rsquo;s not close or personal. But they are very real - In Australia in 2024, people lost $2.7 billion of their hard-earned money to scams.</p> <h2 id="what-exactly-is-a-scam">What exactly is a scam?<a class="anchor" href="#what-exactly-is-a-scam">#</a></h2> <p>Legally, scams and fraud are different terms. While fraud is broader, scams typically involve two scenarios:</p>