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Valentine's Day is here again, but unwary romantics beware … you could end up losing more than your heart if you fall for a fraud.
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Spam emails offering an enticing part time, work-from-home income of $5000 per month have begun to appear in Australian email inboxes.
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Classified ads offering Bulldog and Yorkie puppies are one of the latest scams making their way into local newspapers across the country and on-line classifieds.
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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.