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17 Apr 2014 … consumers and businesses about these scam calls, where the recipient picks up the phone and hears a recorded … Qantas has posted a statement about this activity on its News Room, ‘Scam phone calls purporting to be from Qantas’. Stay one step ahead of scammers – follow @SCAMwatch_gov on Twitter or visit http://twitter.com/SCAMwatch_gov . … Automated scam calls claiming to be from Qantas with bogus holiday win…
06 Dec 2012 …News SCAMwatch is warning travellers to watch out for scam emails with fake flight itineraries attached – these attachments may harbour malicious software. SCAMwatch is warning travellers to watch out for scam emails with fake flight itineraries attached – these attachments may harbour malicious … SCAMwatch urges jet-setters to think twice before opening any suspicious emails or attachments – if in doubt, contact the airline to verify or just press ‘delete’. … If you get an email like this but haven’t booked any travel, just press delete. Before opening any…
10 Mar 2020 … you were scammed and inform them of the circumstances surrounding the scam,” Ms Rickard said. People can also report a scam to the ACCC through Scamwatch, which offers further information on where to get … To report a post, Facebook advises users to click on the top right of the post, and then select either ‘Report post’ or ‘Report photo’. They then have to select the option that best describes the scam, and follow the rest of the onscreen instructions. To report a profile, Facebook suggests that a user … Users can report another account by pressing and holding that Snapchatter’s name, tapping ‘More’, then tapping ‘Report’. To report a snap or story on the platform, users can press and hold on the snap or story until the white flag icon appears. They can then select this icon to Report to Snapchat.…
09 May 2013 …You are approached by a stranger over the phone, by email or even in person offering to sell you vouchers for heavily discounted holiday accommodation. The accommodation is usually for holiday destinations popular with Australians such as Phuket, Koh Samui and Bali. If you purchase a voucher, you may … directly using contact details you sourced independently through a phone book or online search. Don’t trust … deal, do not click on any links or open attachments – just press ‘delete’. Pay attention to the details…
21 Dec 2020 … errors. In a similar scam, victims will be contacted over the phone by a scammer pretending to be from … How this scam works … you excessive penalty fees if you don’t pay the bill immediately. If the scam is sent by email, it is…
04 Dec 2018 … with phone calls or emails they receive threatening arrest or jail over unpaid tax debts. Tax scams seem to be everywhere at the moment and Scamwatch is warning people not to engage with phone calls or … significantly during the past month. The scam is timed to coincide with the cut-off date for people needing to…
06 Apr 2018 … passports, it is a scam. Do not send them any money. Instead, hang up the phone immediately and report it to Scamwatch. Never give your personal, credit card or online account details over the phone unless you made the call and the phone number came from a trusted source. If you think you have provided your bank … they pay large sums of money. The scammer contacts their victim via phone and communicates in Mandarin…
21 May 2018 … reporting on scam activity. Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. According to the ACCC’s ninth annual Targeting scams report , released today, more than 200,000 scam reports were submitted to the ACCC, Australian Cybercrime Online…
15 Sep 2021 …News Police have received reports of scams involving fake Australian Federal Police (AFP) representatives targeting vulnerable members of the community. Police have received reports of scams involving … thousands of dollars into a scam bank account. In other cases, people have withdrawn money from … to threaten to arrest you, demand you withdraw money or ask you to confirm personal details over the phone. The AFP (and the Australian Government) will never seek payment for fines or other matters over the phone…
04 Oct 2016 …Immigration scam targets migrants … has received 300 reports about this scam since March, with more than $150,000 reported lost. “The … department or organisation yourself in the phone book or online and phone or email them.”…