Mrs Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd have been made aware today of fake social media posts and associated news stories alleging that Mrs Rinehart has an association with selling company shares resulting in a fraudulent monthly income, as below.
Mrs Rinehart has not made the alleged investment or recommendations or quotes set forth in these adverts. This is a scam designed to use Mrs Rinehart’s positive corporate image to lure people in to invest.

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart issues alert over social media investment scam using her image

Gina Rinehart has issued an alert over an investment scam bearing her image that’s doing the rounds on social media, the second time she’s had to do so this year. Australia’s wealthiest person posted a brief statement on her private company’s website about the scam, showing a doctored image of her seemingly on the Today morning TV show, with the strap emblazoned “Loophole to Riches: Gina Rinehart about her income”.

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Discussion with Dr Jacqueline Drew, an Associate Professor of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University | On the topic of scams current in online platforms

It’s just prolific and there’s no sign of these types of scams decreasing in the near future. So, you know, Australia in 2021 lost about $2 billion to scams and in 2022 that went up to $3 billion. So it you know, the amount of scams happening and the amount of money that Australians are losing is just enormous.

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