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Warning: We've had reports of scammers using ACCC phone numbers to contact members of the public. They do this to steal personal information. The ACCC does not make calls from our reception numbers. If you receive a call claiming to be from the ACCC asking for personal information, do not provide this information and hang up. This issue is being investigated.

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Threats and extortion scams

Types of scams

15 Aug 2024 …Don’t be pressured by a threatening caller asking for money. Hang up and don’t respond. Don’t pay anyone by unusual methods such as by gift or store cards, iTunes vouchers, wire transfers or Bitcoins. Don’t use any contact details provided by the caller. Verify their identity by calling the relevant … a package addressed to you with illegal material such as fake passports or credit cards your identity has…