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 Beware of ransomware Scamwatch is alerting consumers to a spike in the number of people falling victim to ransomware scams in 2015, compared to last year. 11 Aug 2015 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 3 Buying or selling 2 Dating & romance 2 Fake charities 1 Investments 2 Threats & extortion 2 Ransomware & malware 1 Threats to life, arrest or other 1 Date 2020 1 2018 2 2017 1 2016 1 2015 1 News type Radar alerts 11 Media releases 5 Features 2 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
Beware of ransomware Scamwatch is alerting consumers to a spike in the number of people falling victim to ransomware scams in 2015, compared to last year. 11 Aug 2015