Search Sort by: DateRelevance National Scams Awareness Week: 'This is Not Your Life' 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. 17 Aug 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) scams Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of the spread of coronavirus to exploit and play on the fears of consumers across Australia. 18 Mar 2020 Australians lost $340 million to scammers in 2017 Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. 21 May 2018 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 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 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 8 Hacking 1 Identity theft 3 Phishing 5 Remote access scams 5 Buying or selling 6 Dating & romance 3 Fake charities 1 Investments 4 Jobs & employment 1 Threats & extortion 6 Unexpected money 2 Unexpected winnings 1 Other scams 1 Date 2020 2 2018 1 2017 2 News type Radar alerts 40 Media releases 11 Features 5 Subscribe
National Scams Awareness Week: 'This is Not Your Life' 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. 17 Aug 2020
COVID-19 (coronavirus) scams Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of the spread of coronavirus to exploit and play on the fears of consumers across Australia. 18 Mar 2020
Australians lost $340 million to scammers in 2017 Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. 21 May 2018
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
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
