4 results, showing 1 to 4
23 Jul 2019 … information, even in a scam completely unrelated to your finances, immediately contact your bank,” ACCC Deputy … in the course of a dating and romance scam. “No one is really selling an iPhone for $1, or rewarding … ’ lives a nightmare. They’ll change the victims’ phone carrier so they lose service and set up mail…
12 Aug 2019 … yourself, ‘could this be a scam?’ and if you’re ever in doubt, decline the contact or hang up the phone … consumers to test their scams knowledge and refresh their scam protection and detection skills. “Many people are confident they would never fall for a scam but often it’s this sense of confidence that scammers target,” ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said. “People need to update their idea of what a scam is so … vigilant on social media, when shopping online and when answering the phone, and never give anyone who has…
16 Sep 2019 …. This figure already exceeds total losses to the scam for 2018 which came to just under $1.2 million. Losses have been experienced in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia; however, the scam is … Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said. There are two main variations of this scam. First, speaking in Mandarin…
29 Apr 2019 … payment through unusual methods and automating scam calls to increase their reach to potential victims.” In 2018, more than 378,000 scam reports were submitted to the ACCC’s Scamwatch, the Australian … automated phone calls from scammers impersonating the ATO threatening arrest for unpaid taxes. In November…