20 results, showing 1 to 10
01 May 2025 …How this scam works … The scammer will phone you and pretend to be a staff member from a large telecommunications or computer company, such as Telstra, the NBN or Microsoft. Alternatively they may claim to be from … that it has a virus. They may mention problems with your internet connection or your phone line and say…
28 Mar 2014 …Watch out – scammers know how to press your buttons when they get you on the phone. If you receive a call out of the blue from someone claiming to represent Telstra and they ask for access to your computer, just hang up. … publicly listed such as in a phone book. Don’t let scammers press your buttons – scammers use detailed … News SCAMwatch and Telstra are warning consumers to hang up the phone if they receive a call out of…
28 May 2024 …News Criminals who contact you unexpectedly offering to help 'fix problems' with your account, phone or computer are causing increasing financial loss through remote access scams. … Scam alert: Hang up on remote access scammers … Criminals who contact you unexpectedly offering to help 'fix problems' with your account, phone or computer are causing increasing financial loss through remote access scams. Professional-sounding scammers…
22 Sep 2022 …Customers warned to watch out for scams following Optus data breach … News Scamwatch is warning Optus customers to be on the look out for scams and take steps to secure their personal information following a cyber-attack. … : See our Optus data breach scams page for more information about the breach and how to protect yourself. Scamwatch is warning Optus customers to be on the look out for scams and take steps to secure…
03 Jan 2023 … Australians lost over $8.7 million to recruitment scams in 2022. Jobseekers are being urged to watch out for scammers, with new Scamwatch figures revealing Australians lost over $8.7 million to recruitment scams … to job scams.” “If you are job hunting and you are offered work that requires little effort for a big … Top tips for avoiding scams:…
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…
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…
22 Aug 2017 …. “Australians over 65 are particularly vulnerable to this scam with fraudsters using phone calls to target their victims,” Ms Rickard said. “NBN will never phone you out of the blue to try to sign you up to a service … gift cards, it is 100 per cent a scam. Legitimate businesses, especially those like NBN, will never ask…
12 Jul 2021 ….” Scams of this nature will often be an unexpected phone call saying you’ve been billed for a purchase you … Computer takeover scams on the rise … 6,500 Australians have reported phone calls from scammers trying to convince them to download software that gives access to home computers and their bank accounts. Commonly called remote access scams, scammers…
01 Dec 2016 …. If you have fallen victim to a scam or you receive a lot of unsolicited emails and phone calls … steal this information later. The ACORN will never contact you by phone. If anyone calls you claiming … card or online account details over the phone unless you made the call and the phone number came from a trusted source. If you receive a phone call out of the blue about your computer and remote access is…