Australians lost more than $3bn to scammers in 2022. Here are 5 emerging scams to look out for

  • Written by: Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Australians lost more than $3bn to scammers in 2022. Here are 5 emerging scams to look out forFacebook

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest Targeting Scams report indicates Australians reported more than A$3 billion lost to fraud in 2022. This is about a $1 billion increase on reported losses from 2021.

Year upon year, we’re witnessing a rise in monetary losses to fraud. Behind these figures sit millions...

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