Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state—which is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to... Show more the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north—was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.Washington is the 18th-largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles, and the 13th-most populous state, with more than 7.7...
In recent years, we’ve seen a significant rise in tax fraud schemes, with cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated methods. Among the major tax scams in 2024 are multi-factor authentication, tax refund, ATO social media misrepresentation, and tax lodgement scams. In this article, we look at these...
A stark warning from Booking.com highlights a dramatic 900% increase in travel scams over the past 18 months, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a key role. In 2023, Australians lost a total of $2.7 billion to scams, with 20% reporting they had fallen victim to holiday scams. Nearly one in five...
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