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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…
13 Apr 2015 …Telephone calls alleging fake arrest warrants used to scam money … Be on guard, if you receive a phone call from someone saying you have an arrest warrant and asking you to pay a fee, hang up and do not respond. If in doubt, don’t use the contact details provided - look up the government department or organisation yourself in the phone book or online and phone or … If you receive a phone call or email out of the blue from someone claiming to be from the…
22 Jun 2020 …Scams cost Australians over $630 million … News Australians lost over $634 million to scams in 2019, according to the latest figures in the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report released today. Australians lost over $634 million to scams in 2019, according to the latest figures in the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report released today. There were more than … The 2019 Targeting Scams report includes data from Scamwatch, ACORN (ceased operating 30 Jun 2019), ReportCyber (commenced 1 Jul 2019), ACMA, ATO, Services Australia, WA Scamnet, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac and ANZ.…
18 Jun 2018 … have come from NSW, Victoria, Queensland or Western Australia; however the scam is targeting people … more than doubled,” ACCC Acting Chair Delia Rickard said. There are two main variations of this scam … reports of a cruel variation of this scam targeting Chinese students in Australia,” Ms Rickard said. “The…
20 Jan 2021 …Chinese authority scams … Page Scamwatch is warning the Chinese community in Australia about 2 scams that involve extortion and threats of arrest. This content is also available in simplified Chinese (简体中文) and traditional Chinese (繁體中文). Scamwatch is warning the Chinese community in Australia about 2 scams that involve extortion and threats … How these scams work…
11 Sep 2017 … you to pay for anything using an iTunes gift card, it is a scam. There are never any circumstances … scam examples the ACCC is currently seeing where scammers are demanding iTunes gift cards as payment … cards, the scammer claims police will come and handcuff them. Catch-a-hacker scam – scammers pretending…
31 Jul 2013 … come in all sorts of guises, and often play on the victim’s fear of being deported. One such scam doing … If you receive a phone call out of the blue from someone claiming to be from government and asking for money upfront to avoid deportation, just hang up. There is only one official Australian Government provider of visas: the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. If you have any concerns about … You should such incidents to the relevant state or territory police and to the Immigration Dob-In Line on 1800 009 623. You can report a scam to the ACCC via the report a scam page on SCAMwatch.…