13.2 million Australians exposed to Scams
"Australian losses to online marketplace fraud increase as scams become increasingly sophisticated".
These scammers are tricking people that previously would be like ‘I’m not going to click on this’,” Kho said.
“It’s a business to them, in the end. Romance scams, super fund scams, the level of sophistication has gone through the roof.”
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Who has been
scammed ?
Do you have experiences with scams ?
What are some of the ways you have been approached by scammers?
A friend was scammed 60k. He worked at a bank in the fraud department educating others about frauds and scams, his own bank seemingly rang him and he fell for it...
One my friends has a brain injury from an accident fall from a racehorse, I overheard him answering questions from a scam call, he was giving them details so i made him hangup, people such as him are very vulnerable to by phone call.
My SM account was hacked/ stolen a year ago, Reporting to meta did nothing. it feels like being scammed- without money lost (the way they tricked me, & i fell for it)
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"Between January and September this year, Australians lost $424.8 million to scammers (that's more than $47 million a month).
It signifies a 90 per cent increase in losses compared to the same period last year.
But those figures are likely only the tip of the iceberg, with just 13 per cent of victims reporting crimes to Scamwatch"
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"Australian losses to online marketplace fraud increase as scams become increasingly sophisticated".
These scammers are tricking people that previously would be like ‘I’m not going to click on this’,” Kho said.
“It’s a business to them, in the end. Romance scams, super fund scams, the level of sophistication has gone through the roof.”
Australian losses to online marketplace fraud increase as scams become increasingly sophisticated
Consumer groups say online platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree need to do more to keep customers safe
Personal Fraud, 2022-23 financial year
Statistics about personal fraud, including card fraud, identity theft, and scams (phishing, romance, computer support, financial advice and more).
www.abs.gov.au
Who has been
scammed ?
Do you have experiences with scams ?
What are some of the ways you have been approached by scammers?
A friend was scammed 60k. He worked at a bank in the fraud department educating others about frauds and scams, his own bank seemingly rang him and he fell for it...
One my friends has a brain injury from an accident fall from a racehorse, I overheard him answering questions from a scam call, he was giving them details so i made him hangup, people such as him are very vulnerable to by phone call.
My SM account was hacked/ stolen a year ago, Reporting to meta did nothing. it feels like being scammed- without money lost (the way they tricked me, & i fell for it)
Australians lost almost half a billion dollars to scammers in nine months – and cyber criminals are capitalising on data breaches
Between January and September this year, Australians lost $424.8 million to scammers. But those figures are likely only the tip of the iceberg, with just 13 per cent of victims reporting crimes to Scamwatch.
www.abc.net.au
"Between January and September this year, Australians lost $424.8 million to scammers (that's more than $47 million a month).
It signifies a 90 per cent increase in losses compared to the same period last year.
But those figures are likely only the tip of the iceberg, with just 13 per cent of victims reporting crimes to Scamwatch"
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