I like the term ridgy-didge.
Brisbane council loses $500k to scammers
The local council of the Australian city of Brisbane has been fleeced of A$450,000 (£248,000, US$334,000) from email-whaling scammers who tricked staff into wiring money into their bank accounts. The scammers phoned and emailed the council posing as one of its suppliers. Lord mayor Graham Quirk has commissioned Deloitte to …
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Tuesday 16th August 2016 19:21 GMT Anonymous Coward
The Aussies...
...falling for this scam must be the smarter Aussies out there.
Steve Irwin got it bass ackwards and got speared by a "bladdy" fish.
Apologies to all the Aussies on here I didnt mean to disrespect your Jesus figure. I have great respect for your nation. Without you there would be no decent bar staff and since the fall of the Nazis you guys have filled the white xenophobic niche nicely and thanks to you keeping it organised we can all experience / witness it as soon we land at one of your airports. Bonza!