News & alerts

Don’t let a scammer scare you into believing your computer is infected with a virus.

Recently, Medicare and Centrelink have received reports of scammers posing as employees asking recipients for their personal information.

SCAMwatch is warning Australians to be on the lookout for an email purporting to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) trying to trick consumers into providing their private details.

SCAMwatch is warning all prospective travellers to the United State of America to be wary of unauthorised third party websites.

SCAMwatch is warning Facebook subscribers about a hoax email they may receive under the guise of a password reset email.

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SCAMwatch is urging consumers to be on guard online, even when searching celebrity news items. The latest celebrity scam exploits the death of Patrick Swayze.

SCAMwatch is warning Australians to be aware of a door-to-door scam.

SCAMwatch is reminding consumers to be careful in protecting their superannuation account statements in particular and all their personal information more generally.

SCAMwatch is warning Australians to be on the lookout out for scammers trying to rip off bonus payments and steal personal information.