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Scammers swindled nearly $4.7 million from Australian businesses in 2017 according to the ACCC’s latest Targeting scams report – a 23 per cent increase compared to 2016.
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SCAMwatch is warning consumers to beware of weight loss scams when looking to fulfil a new year’s resolution.
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SCAMwatch and South Australian Police are warning Australian job hunters to be wary of a mystery shopper job scam.
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SCAMwatch warns consumers to be wary of advance fee fraud disguised as bogus job offers.
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SCAMwatch is warning consumers to be extremely cautious about getting involved in business opportunity schemes that promise a lot of income for little or no effort.
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Scam emails pretending to be from RAC Finance Limited, part of the Western Australian Royal Automobile Club (RAC) are targeting Australians with fake job offers.
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Spam emails offering an enticing part time, work-from-home income of $5000 per month have begun to appear in Australian email inboxes.