Scamwatch has received over 3300 scam reports mentioning the coronavirus with over $1 667 000 in reported losses since the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Data from the ACCC’s annual Targeting Scams report, released this week, indicates scammers don’t discriminate and are targeting a range of different communities in Australia.
Business email compromise scams caused the highest losses across all scam types in 2019 costing businesses $132 million, according to the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report.
