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19 May 2017 …Spot social media scams: National Consumer Fraud Week 2017 … News During this year’s National Consumer Fraud Week (15–19 May), Scamwatch is providing advice to Australians to help them ‘spot social media scams’. []During this year’s National Consumer Fraud Week (15 - 19 May), Scamwatch is providing advice to Australians to help them ‘spot social media scams’. Increasing … Scamwatch and the Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce would like to acknowledge the assistance of our government, business, and community group partners for the 2017 Fraud Week campaign. AirBnB ANZ…
11 May 2016 …Wise up to scams: National Consumer Fraud Week 2016 … News Scamwatch is urging older Australians to 'Wise up to Scams' during this year's National Consumer Fraud Week, which runs from 16-22 May 2016. Scamwatch is urging older Australians to 'Wise up to Scams' during this year's National Consumer Fraud Week, which runs from 16-22 May 2016. We're … The objectives of the 2016 National Consumer Fraud Week campaign are to: raise awareness of the types of scams that target older Australians educate older Australians on how to identify and avoid scams provide older Australians with information on what to do if they've been scammed.…
18 May 2015 …National Consumer Fraud Week 2015 … News Nearly $82 million was lost to scams in 2014, and many included some form of identity fraud. The theme of National Consumer Fraud Week 2015 is ‘get smarter with your data’. … impact of having it stolen can last for years. National Consumer Fraud Week 2015 is all about learning…
15 May 2017 … been released to launch the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce’s Fraud Week. This year’s theme … are being reported, what to look for and how people can avoid being scammed. “This Fraud Week, we’re … to do if they become a scam victim. Here they can also read about Fraud Week 2017 and also check out…
23 Oct 2018 … Scamwatch increasing steadily over the past four years. This week is Charity Fraud Awareness Week and … donations in this way,” Ms Rickard said. Further information is available online about Charity Fraud Awareness Week . They can also follow @scamwatch_gov on Twitter and subscribe to Scamwatch radar alerts to…
17 May 2017 …. “This Fraud Week we want to help Australians learn how to ‘Spot social media scams’, said Ms Rickard … Delia Rickard said. Scammers were most likely to target Indigenous peoples with advance fee fraud scams … advance fee fraud scam is where a scammer pretends to be from a government department like the Tax Office…
18 May 2016 … investment schemes also caused significant losses. This Fraud Week, the ACCC and its partners are working…
21 May 2015 …News This Fraud Week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging Indigenous consumers to be wary of requests over the internet for personal information. The ACCC’s 2014 Targeting Scams Report revealed that Indigenous consumers lost over $740,000 to scammers last year. “Sadly, almost one…
18 May 2015 … Fraud Week, the ACCC is urging consumers to ‘Get smarter with their data’ as stolen personal information … of all scam reports. The next highest reported losses were investment fraud and computer prediction … offshore, ceasing to send funds for at least a six week period. Of those that were sent a letter and…
16 May 2016 … reported lost. “This Fraud Week, the ACCC is urging the community to ‘Wise Up to Scams’ following…