{"id":1507,"date":"2016-04-28T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T05:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2016-04-28T15:49:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T05:49:50","slug":"upcoming-event-tainted-love-a-symposium-exploring-the-reality-of-romance-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/2016\/04\/28\/upcoming-event-tainted-love-a-symposium-exploring-the-reality-of-romance-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Event &#8212; \u201cTainted love\u201d: A symposium exploring the reality of romance fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1509 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605-300x57.png\" alt=\"IMG_Publish Report Header ONLY_V1_20150605\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_Publish-Report-Header-ONLY_V1_20150605-500x95.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u201cTainted love\u201d: A symposium exploring the reality of romance fraud<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that $8 million was lost to romance fraud by Australians in 2014, making it the highest category of financial loss across all fraud types. Given the known low levels of reporting for this crime type, this figure is unlikely to represent the true extent of harm incurred by romance fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite the magnitude of these losses, romance fraud remains somewhat of a hidden problem in society. Many victims are unable to disclose their situation to those around them, for a variety of reasons including the associated shame and stigma of this crime type.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Join with us for this important symposium, hosted by the Crime and Justice Research Centre, QUT, which seeks to explore issues surrounding the prevention and support of romance fraud victims.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: Tuesday 31 May 2016<\/li>\n<li>Time: 9am-1pm (morning tea provided)<\/li>\n<li>Venue:\u00a0Owen J Wordsworth Room, Level 12, S block,\u00a0Gardens Point Campus, Queensland University of Technology,\u00a02 George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register for this event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/tainted-love-a-symposium-exploring-the-reality-of-romance-fraud-tickets-25012300464\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Confirmed speakers for the event:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Sharon Armstrong<\/strong> \u2013 New Zealand campaigner and advocate for romance scam victims, she was herself caught up in a fraudulent relationship which led to her imprisonment in an Argentinian jail for drug smuggling. Sharon will share her personal story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Delia Rickard<\/strong> \u2013 Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Delia will share details of work being undertaken by the ACCC in seeking to prevent and educate consumers on romance fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>David Hillyard<\/strong> \u2013 Acting Executive Director, Consumer Protection, Department of Commerce, Western Australia. David will share the success of \u201cProject Sunbird\u201d which is a collaborative initiative with the West Australian Police, targeting online fraud, including romance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Detective Sergeant David Dunn<\/strong> \u2013 Team leader, Fraud Prevention Unit, Fraud and Cyber Crime Group, Queensland Police Service. David will share the experience of the QPS in establishing the first face-to-face support group dedicated to fraud victims, many who have experienced romance fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Dr Cassandra Cross<\/strong> \u2013 Senior Lecturer, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology. Cassandra will share some insights taken from romance fraud victims, based on a recent research project which examined the reporting experiences and support needs of online fraud victims in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTainted love\u201d: A symposium exploring the reality of romance fraud The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that $8 million was lost to romance fraud by Australians in 2014, making it the highest category of financial loss across all fraud types. Given the known low levels of reporting for this crime type, this figure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9697,9703,9712],"tags":[9751,11616,11326],"class_list":{"0":"post-1507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"category-conferences","8":"category-our-research","9":"category-staff","10":"tag-cassandracross","11":"tag-romancefraud","12":"tag-symposium"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}