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…News SCAMwatch and the Australian Crime Commission Board are urging Australians to protect themselves from the growing threat of investment scams. SCAMwatch and the Australian Crime Commission Board are urging Australians to protect themselves from the growing threat of investment scams. Investment … These scams are incredibly sophisticated and very difficult for even experienced investors to identify. … https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/scams or call 1300 300 630 for more information. Moneysmart also has a list of companies you should not deal with  - if you receive a call from a company on this list, do not deal with them. …

…News Losses to imposter bond investment scams have nearly tripled in the first half of this year with consumers losing over $20 million to these sophisticated scams. Losses to imposter bond investment scams … to these sophisticated scams. Imposter bond scams usually impersonate real financial companies or banks and claim … The ACCC shares investment scam reports with ASIC. The ACCC also shares scam reports…

…News Investment scams reported to Scamwatch have cost Australians over $70 million in the first … losses are set to reach $140 million by the end of the year. Investment scams reported to Scamwatch have … from Scamwatch shows a 53.4 per cent increase in reports about investment scams received so far, up…

… scams designed to benefit the originators while taking advantage of later recruits. They operate on the…

… with new superannuation scams being reported to Scamwatch in recent weeks. Scammers are now trying to exploit Australians financially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis with new superannuation scams being … of these scams, but no reported losses. In most cases the scammers are seeking to obtain personal information … Any suspicious behaviour relating to superannuation can be reported to ASIC through its online complaint form . For more information on superannuation scams visit the ASIC’s MoneySmart website . See our Superannuation early-access scams fact sheet  to find out more about how scammers are taking advantage…