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About the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce
Find out more about the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT), its subgroups, members and partners.
ACFT scams survey
The annual scams survey helps the ACFT to improve the prevention, detection and investigation of scam activities.
ACFT campaign 2008—fraud fortnight
Fraud Fortnight focuses on scams that seduce and deceive you by promising things like great prizes, true love or easy money.
ACFT campaign 2007—Scams target you!
Scams target you! There seems to be a scam created to trap just about everyone.
Global scams hit Australians' pockets - Losses at 1 Billion dollars
Results of an ABS survey on Personal Fraud show consumer fraud has become a major concern.
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