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Australians are losing more money to NBN scams, with reported losses in 2019 already higher than the total of last year’s losses.
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Scamwatch is warning people to be careful about being caught out by holiday season scams.
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Scammers are increasingly catching out people by impersonating well-known businesses or the police so they can get access to computers and steal money or banking information.
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Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity.
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The ACCC is warning the community to be wary of scammers trying to ruin their Christmas holidays.
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The ACCC is warning people to be on the lookout for scammers who are trying to con their victims into paying for scams with Apple iTunes gift cards.
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The ACCC is warning the community that scammers are pretending to be from NBN to con victims out of their money and personal information.
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Scamwatch has received a report from the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) that remote access scammers are calling pretending to be the ACORN.
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Scamwatch is warning consumers to beware of fake lotteries or competitions on social networking platforms, with scammers using popular platforms to pedal these empty wins.
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SCAMwatch is warning would-be travelers to watch out for travel scams as scammers seek to take advantage of those looking for a hard-earned break.