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Beware of newspaper advertisements for online sales of electronic goods at 'too good to be true' prices.
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Scammers often use the names of non-existent realistic sounding institutions like “the Federal Bank of South Africa” or “the European Consumer Protection Bureau”.
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SCAMwatch has seen a steady increase in reports about lottery scams, particularly from older Australians. If you receive a lottery scam, delete or destroy it.
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There is no guaranteed way to make money from betting on the horses— but there are some scammers around who want you to believe that there is.
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Have you recently received a spam email offering you work as a 'transfer manager' or 'financial' manager for an overseas company? These 'job offers' are scams!