August 21, 2023 August 21, 2023Scammers use phishing attacks to ‘socially engineer’ their way into your savings.The latest figures reveal phishing is a practice that is only becoming more and more widespread. Phishing was the most reported […]
June 7, 2021 June 7, 2021Scammers strike record $851m with Victorians losing the most on Covid scams. Health/medical scams up 20x.Australians lost over $851 million to scams in 2020, a record amount, as scammers took advantage of the pandemic to […]
June 25, 2020 June 25, 2020Eight in ten feel embarrassed to admit they fell for a scam.New research from the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign by UK Finance has revealed eight in ten (80 per cent) people in UK would feel embarrassed if they fell for a financial scam.
May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020Reported Covid-19 scams have now reached $700,000 with a spike in puppy scamsScamwatch reports 2,000 COVID19 scams with losses now more than $700,000. This is only the reported figure with unreported figures […]
April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020Invoice Fraud – Is your business Protected? What is it worth to you?07/04/2020Police Arrests following Invoice FraudNSW Police last week arrested and charged two men over their alleged involvement in a $2.6 […]
March 27, 2020 March 27, 2020Alert Priority HIGH: Widespread reports of COVID-19 malicious scams being sent to Australians27 March 2020 What’s happened?The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a significant increase in Australians being targeted […]
October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017ACCC reports online scam losses total nearly $37 million so far in 2017. 45 to 54 y/o most likely to lose money.This Stay Smart Online Week (9-13 October), the ACCC is warning the community to watch out for common online scams […]