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In May 2023, the government funded the ACCC to set up a new National Anti-Scam Centre over 3 years.

Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses.

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

Scammers swindled nearly $4.7 million from Australian businesses in 2017 according to the ACCC’s latest Targeting scams report – a 23 per cent increase compared to 2016.

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

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.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning online shoppers to watch out for fake parcel delivery scams arriving in email inboxes this Christmas.

Scamwatch is alerting consumers to a spike in the number of people falling victim to ransomware scams in 2015, compared to last year.