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 Bushfires and scams The start of 2020 has not been an easy one for Australia, particularly those impacted by the bushfires. 9 Jan 2020 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 Don't gift a scammer iTunes cards 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. 11 Sep 2017 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 8 Buying or selling 6 Dating & romance 3 Fake charities 1 Investments 4 Jobs & employment 1 Threats & extortion 6 Ransomware & malware 2 Threats to life, arrest or other 3 Unexpected money 2 Rebate scams 1 Unexpected winnings 1 Other scams 1 Date 2020 2 2018 1 2017 1 News type Radar alerts 41 Media releases 14 Features 4 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
Bushfires and scams The start of 2020 has not been an easy one for Australia, particularly those impacted by the bushfires. 9 Jan 2020
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
Don't gift a scammer iTunes cards 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. 11 Sep 2017
