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How the scams work
Name the Red flags
What to do if you are scammed
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Scammers reach out to you, pretending to be trusted institutions, like banks, business, friends, family and/or government organisations to steal personal information and/or money. This type of Scam is called...

Impersonation Scams

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You receive a message from an unknown number, claiming to be a friend, saying their phone has ran out of battery and they desperately need money, with a link that asks for your details and passwords and bank information

The red flags are: 

- Unknown number

- Link asking for personal information and passwords

- Creating a sense of urgency

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The first step that you should take if you've been scammed

Contact your bank and/or your financial institution 
200

So far, (1st of March) over 133 000 scams have been reported in Austrlaia, the age group which was most affected had over 39 000 scams reported. What is the age range?

65 and over

200

Mecca asks for you to make your payment through a very random method that is hard to trace, however, you've already made the payment and received the product. 

Red Flags:

- A business asking for to make your payment a wired way

- Hard to trace method

- You already received your parcel

- The business is assumably a scammer pretending to be the business. 

200

Which Australian Website allows you to report scams and get advice on how you protect yourself more in the future?

ACCC Scamwatch
300

Which state has the highest number of impersonation scams reported, with over 36 4000 reports?

NSW
300

You receive a call from a 'government official' claiming that you are going to be arrested and potentially deported unless you pay money immediately. Then they send you a link which asks for all your information

Red Flags:

- Government impersonation scam

- Being threatened that something is going to happen if you don't provide money

- Getting a link that eventually asks for your bank details

- A sense of urgency in the texts

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The first thing that you should do to all your online accounts and assets after you've realised you've been scammed

Change all your passwords enable two-factor authentication and check to see if anything else has been broken-in-to or scammed.

400
Australians have lost over 40 billion dollars to scams. In this scam, criminals pretend to be someone else to gain personal information, which causes losses of over 20 million. Whats the scam?

Phishing 

400

You receive a DM for Mr Beast on Instagram. The message says that you've been selected into one of his challenges where you could win potentially 500 000, however to get in you need to provide your bank information so that you can get a complimentrey 10k, however when you click into the account it only has 1 follower.

The Red Flags: 

- Pretending to be someone influential 

- Getting DM'ed on Instagram from a fake account

- A link saying that if you put in your details you will get money

400

If a scammer has stolen your credit card details you should take action immediately by

Freezing or canceling your credit card