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Australians reported a record-breaking $37 million lost to Scamwatch last year for dating and romance scams. Total losses are expected to be much higher and scammers are now using dating apps to lure victims into investment scams.

Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses.

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.

Scammers are using new online platforms to take advantage of their victims, with dating and romance scams making up one fifth of losses across all scams reported to Scamwatch in 2019.

澳洲競爭和消費者委員會（ACCC）的詐騙監察服務（Scamwatch）提醒澳洲華裔社區警惕兩種令人感到驚訝的騙局，這兩種騙局都涉及以假綁架和逮捕威脅進行敲詐勒索。

澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会（ACCC）的诈骗监察服务（Scamwatch）提醒澳大利亚华裔社区警惕两种令人震惊的骗局，这两种骗局都涉及以假绑架和威胁逮捕进行敲诈勒索。

The ACCC’s Scamwatch service is warning the Chinese community in Australia to be wary about two alarming scams that involve extortion via fake kidnappings and threats of arrest.