Search Sort by: DateRelevance Threat based scams targeting young people and Chinese community Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses. 26 Oct 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) scams Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of the spread of coronavirus to exploit and play on the fears of consumers across Australia. 18 Mar 2020 Business losses to scams up 23 per cent 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. 24 May 2018 Australians lost $340 million to scammers in 2017 Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. 21 May 2018 Making a Western Union refund claim If you lost money to a scammer through Western Union from 2004 to 2017, you may be eligible for a refund. Find out how you can make a claim. 9 Feb 2018 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 3 Buying or selling 4 Dating & romance 2 Fake charities 1 Investments 2 Investment scams 2 Jobs & employment 1 Threats & extortion 3 Threats to life, arrest or other 2 Unexpected money 1 Unexpected winnings 1 Date 2020 2 2018 3 2017 1 2016 2 2015 2 News type Media releases 14 Radar alerts 7 Features 5 Subscribe
Threat based scams targeting young people and Chinese community Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses. 26 Oct 2020
COVID-19 (coronavirus) scams Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of the spread of coronavirus to exploit and play on the fears of consumers across Australia. 18 Mar 2020
Business losses to scams up 23 per cent 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. 24 May 2018
Australians lost $340 million to scammers in 2017 Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. 21 May 2018
Making a Western Union refund claim If you lost money to a scammer through Western Union from 2004 to 2017, you may be eligible for a refund. Find out how you can make a claim. 9 Feb 2018
