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The National Anti-Scam Centre contacted more than 10,000 Australians via email after their contact details were identified during a United Kingdom police investigation into an organised crime group targeting cryptocurrency exchange and hardware wallet users across multiple countries.
Scammers are sending fake messages that say you bought something you didn’t buy and tells you to call a phone number to stop or reverse the payment.
With tax time 2026 fast approaching, Scamwatch and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) are reminding Australians to be aware of communications claiming to be from the ATO or ‘myGov’.
Following the successful money laundering prosecution of the director of Blue Star Exchange Pty Ltd, the National Anti-Scam Centre contacted around 1,500 victims via email today.
Scammers are targeting people who use food delivery platforms, including restaurants, customers and delivery workers. They may pretend to be DoorDash, Uber Eats, a restaurant or a customer.
Spike in reports of scammers impersonating recruiters for companies like Amazon and Youtube.
Scammers are promoting fake crypto asset trading platforms to people who have joined ‘share trading’ or ‘stock tips’ messaging app groups.
Scamwatch is running a campaign to help people spot the signs of a relationship scam.
This scam alert is a joint alert from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the National Anti-Scam Centre’s Scamwatch warning consumers of mobile fraud.
Scammers are setting up fraudulent websites offering personal loans.