News & alerts

Stay Smart Online Week is an annual event focused on empowering people, businesses and the community to protect themselves online.

Scamwatch is warning members of the public about a spate of text messages asking for emergency assistance.

Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity.

We're warning the Chinese community in Australia to be wary of scammers posing as Chinese authorities and/or employees of DHL and threatening them with deportation or arrest unless they pay large sums of money.

If you lost money to a scammer through Western Union from 2004 to 2017, you may be eligible for a refund. Find out how you can make a claim.