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27 Sep 2021 …Losses reported to Scamwatch exceed $211 million, phone scams exploding … reports that Scamwatch received so far this year, 113,000 were about phone scams. Scammers call or text … News Australians reported a record $211 million in losses to scams so far this year, an 89 per cent…
15 Aug 2024 …Never send money or give credit card details, online account details or identity information like your driver licence or passport to anyone you don’t know or trust. Never share them by email or over the phone. If you are concerned for your safety, contact the police. If the scam is sent by email … Warning signs it might be a scam … organisation directly. Find them through an independent source such as a phone book, past bill or online search…
30 Apr 2014 …If you receive an email out of the blue from someone claiming that you owe money for outstanding energy usage – just press ‘delete’. If you’re not sure whether an email is a scam, verify who they are by … also been received about scammers approaching consumers via phone, SMS and post. … Don’t let scammers raise the temperature of your heating bill in the lead-up to winter – if you receive an email out of the blue from someone claiming that you owe their company money for an outstanding energy bill, press delete.…
12 Oct 2015 …If you receive an email or phone call from someone claiming to represent Microsoft, press ‘delete’ or just hang up. Never give remote access to your computer to anyone you don’t know, and don’t click on unknown links or files. … . Alternatively victims may receive a phone call from a scammer claiming to represent Microsoft. The scammer will … have also updated their approach to the remote access scam . They are now claiming security issues in…
02 Feb 2024 …Scam alert: HSBC bank impersonation … News The National-Anti Scam Centre is warning HSBC customers to watch out for scam texts that appear to be from their bank. … Scammers are targeting HSBC customers with scam calls and texts that appear to be from their bank.…
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.…
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 Oct 2021 … will be automatically deleted if you don’t access it. Several Flubot scam messages, all listed in the spam and blocked folder in an Android phone's messages app Example: Android's spam/blocked folder with several scam … to the numbers it steals from your phone, continuing and expanding the scam. … or criminal. Scammers can disguise their caller ID as legitimate numbers to carry out these scams. This is also known as spoofing. Delete the message immediately. Learn more about FluBot scams and other relevant phone scams at the IDCARE website .…
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…