Real scam victims have shared their experiences to help warn others about scams. In these stories we ask you to find the signs that it was a scam, and consider how similar scams could be avoided.

Scamwatch is warning Optus customers to be on the look out for scams and take steps to secure their personal information following a cyber-attack.

Background Scammers are using fake job ads to attract job seekers looking for extra income. Of all scam types, jobs and employment scams grew the fastest in 2023, costing Australians $24.7 million.

The National Anti-Scam Centre has released its third quarterly update and first fusion cell report, targeting investment scams. Quarterly update The National Anti-Scam Centre’s third Quarterly update ...

Business email compromise scams caused the highest losses across all scam types in 2019 costing businesses $132 million, according to the ACCC’s Targeting Scams report.

Scammers are creating lifelike impersonations (or 'deepfakes') of celebrities and public figures, who appear to be promoting 'quantum' or 'AI' online trading platforms. The people involved have not ...

Scammers have been impersonating phone numbers belonging to the ACCC in an attempt to steal personal information.

Taylor Swift fans wanting to buy tickets for the star's upcoming 'Eras' tour should watch out for scammers selling fake tickets through hacked social media accounts.

Scammers pretending to be real businesses are sending fake invoices to customers, with scam bank account details. These may seem to come from a business you expect an invoice from - but scammers have ...

The ACCC recently translated some useful information about scams in 12 languages other than English. This information is now available on the Scamwatch website.

Australians are being urged to watch out for government impersonation scams with over $1.26 million lost from more than 7100 reports made to Scamwatch so far this year and in reality, losses are ...

Australians lost over $205 million to scams between 1 January and 1 May, a 166 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to new data from Scamwatch.