Search Sort by: DateRelevance 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 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 Mystery shopper jobs SCAMwatch and South Australian Police are warning Australian job hunters to be wary of a mystery shopper job scam. 21 Sep 2010 Put the freeze on Winter Olympics holiday job scams SCAMwatch warns consumers to be wary of advance fee fraud disguised as bogus job offers. 10 Feb 2010 Scam category Attempts to gain your personal information 16 Buying or selling 19 Dating & romance 5 Fake charities 6 Investments 10 Jobs & employment 5 Jobs & employment scams 4 Pyramid schemes 3 Threats & extortion 5 Unexpected money 9 Unexpected winnings 6 Other scams 4 Date 2020 2 2018 1 2010 2 2009 1 2007 2 News type Radar alerts 4 Media releases 2 Subscribe
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
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
Mystery shopper jobs SCAMwatch and South Australian Police are warning Australian job hunters to be wary of a mystery shopper job scam. 21 Sep 2010
Put the freeze on Winter Olympics holiday job scams SCAMwatch warns consumers to be wary of advance fee fraud disguised as bogus job offers. 10 Feb 2010
