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Payment redirection scams cost Australian businesses $227 million last year

Australian businesses lost $227 million to payment redirection scams in 2021, a 77 per cent increase compared to 2020, the ACCC’s latest Targeting Scams report reveals.
7 Jul 2022

Scam losses to culturally diverse communities, people with disability and Indigenous Australians almost doubled in 2021

Scammers stole over $66 million last year from Indigenous Australians, people who identified as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), and people with disability
6 Jul 2022
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Scams robbed Australians of more than $2 billion last year

Australians lost a record amount to scams in 2021, despite government, law enforcement, and the private sector disrupting more scam activity than ever before.
4 Jul 2022
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