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Scams target all sections of Australian society including CALD and Indigenous communities

Data from the ACCC’s annual Targeting Scams report, released this week, indicates scammers don’t discriminate and are targeting a range of different communities in Australia.
25 Jun 2020

Business email compromise scams cost Australians $132 million

Business email compromise scams caused the highest losses across all scam types in 2019 costing businesses $132 million, according to the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report.
23 Jun 2020

Scams cost Australians over $630 million

Australians lost over $634 million to scams in 2019, according to the latest figures in the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report released today.
22 Jun 2020
Scam category
  • Attempts to gain your personal information 3
  • Buying or selling 3
    • Classified scams 2
    • False billing 3
    • Health & medical products 2
    • Mobile premium services 2
    • Psychic & clairvoyant 2
    • Online shopping scams 2
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  • Investments 2
  • Jobs & employment 2
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    • Threats to life, arrest or other 2
  • Unexpected money 2
  • Travel, prizes and lottery scams 2
    • Unexpected prize & lottery scams 2
    • Travel, prizes and lottery scams 2
    • Travel prize scams 2
    • Scratchie scams 2
  • Other scams 2
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  • 23 June 2020 1
  • 22 June 2020 1
  • June 2020 3
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  • Small business 1

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    • Unexpected money
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    • Flubot scams
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