News & alerts

The ACCC has launched a podcast series for this year’s National Scams Awareness Week to provide Australians with tips on how to protect their personal and financial details from scammers.

Data from the ACCC’s annual Targeting Scams report, released this week, indicates scammers don’t discriminate and are targeting a range of different communities in Australia.

Australians lost over $634 million to scams in 2019, according to the latest figures in the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report released today.

SCAMwatch and South Australian Police are warning Australian job hunters to be wary of a mystery shopper job scam.

SCAMwatch is warning those looking for love online to be wary of dating and romance scams.

SCAMwatch warns consumers to be wary of advance fee fraud disguised as bogus job offers.

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.

Valentine's Day is here again, but unwary romantics beware … you could end up losing more than your heart if you fall for a fraud.

Spam emails offering an enticing part time, work-from-home income of $5000 per month have begun to appear in Australian email inboxes.