News and alerts

…Scam alert: Investment bonds scam … investment bonds. They will also use your personal details to commit other scams. The National Anti-Scam Centre works with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) to remove investment scam … How to spot the scam…

…Scam alert: Social media scams … Australians have lost more money to social media scams than any other contact method so far in 2024, according to Scamwatch reports. Over 6,000 people reported losing $58.3 million to social media scams … and apps to steal money and personal information. Scammers will also try investment scams, romance scams…

…Scam alert: Online shopping scams … . The National Anti-Scam Centre has removed or limited access to thousands of investment, phishing, and online shopping scam websites this year. About 50 per cent of fake or malicious websites taken down in the last 3 months have been running online shopping scams. … How to spot the scam…

…Australian businesses hit hard by email scams … News Australian businesses reported more than 5800 scams with losses exceeding $7.2 million in 2018, a 53 per cent increase compared to 2017, according to the ACCC’s Targeting scams report. Australian businesses reported more than 5800 scams with losses exceeding $7.2 million in 2018, a 53 per cent increase…

…Scam alert: ACCC phone numbers spoofed by scammers … Phone scams The National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC) is warning Australians that scammers have been impersonating phone numbers belonging to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in an attempt to steal personal information. The ACCC and the NASC (which operates under the ACCC) are aware of scammers … How to spot the scam…

…Consumers urged to be wary of celebrity endorsement scams … News People are increasingly being caught out by celebrity endorsement scams, with reports to … are increasingly being caught out by celebrity endorsement scams, with reports to Scamwatch increasing 400 per cent and losses increasing a staggering 3,800 per cent so far in 2018. These scams often…

…Business losses to scams up 23 per cent … ACCC’s latest Targeting scams report – a 23 per cent increase compared to 2016. Scammers swindled nearly $4.7 million from Australian businesses in 2017 according to the ACCC’s latest Targeting scams report … businesses about scams in 2017. Businesses that fell victim to scammers lost an average of nearly $11,000…

…Scam alert: Fake business invoice scams … News Scammers pretending to be real businesses are sending fake invoices to customers, with scam bank account details. These may seem to come from a business you expect an invoice from - but scammers have stolen their identity to steal your money. … of these scams, but they can affect any type of business.  Scammers make these invoices look real by copying business logos and ABNs, making the scams harder to spot.…

…Watch out for NBN scams … are increasingly using trusted government brands like NBN to trick people into falling for scams … Rickard said. The three common scams reported to Scamwatch that involve scammers impersonating NBN are…

…Beware high risk, no reward investment scams … to investment scams to the ACCC’s Scamwatch website, making it the most profitable of all the current scams. It is likely that losses are much higher as many victims do not report scams or contact other … investment scams and lose significantly more money than women. People aged 45 to 64 most commonly fall victim…