Search Sort by: DateRelevance Watch out for scammers when going online This Stay Smart Online Week, the ACCC is warning the community to watch out for common online scams they might encounter. 10 Oct 2017 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 Watch out for NBN scams The ACCC is warning the community that scammers are pretending to be from NBN to con victims out of their money and personal information. 22 Aug 2017 Information about scams is now available in 12 languages The ACCC recently translated some useful information about scams in 12 languages other than English. This information is now available on the Scamwatch website. 1 Aug 2017 Spot social media scams: National Consumer Fraud Week 2017 During this year’s National Consumer Fraud Week (15–19 May), Scamwatch is providing advice to Australians to help them ‘spot social media scams’. 19 May 2017 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 3 Buying or selling 1 Threats & extortion 1 Unexpected money 1 Date 2020 6 2019 2 2018 5 2017 5 2016 6 2015 5 2014 1 News type Media releases 7 Features 5 Radar alerts 3 Subscribe
Watch out for scammers when going online This Stay Smart Online Week, the ACCC is warning the community to watch out for common online scams they might encounter. 10 Oct 2017
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
Watch out for NBN scams The ACCC is warning the community that scammers are pretending to be from NBN to con victims out of their money and personal information. 22 Aug 2017
Information about scams is now available in 12 languages The ACCC recently translated some useful information about scams in 12 languages other than English. This information is now available on the Scamwatch website. 1 Aug 2017
Spot social media scams: National Consumer Fraud Week 2017 During this year’s National Consumer Fraud Week (15–19 May), Scamwatch is providing advice to Australians to help them ‘spot social media scams’. 19 May 2017