Australia: Number of Reported Scam Attempts to Gain Personal Information by Month 2023

Australia: number of reported scam attempts to gain personal information by month 2023

In February of 2023, over 14 thousand reports of attempts to gain personal information were made to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Australians warned of new 'spoof call' scam impersonating consumer watchdog

Scammers are posing as Australian Competition and Consumer Commission representatives in a bid to steal personal information, the consumer watchdog has warned.

channelnews : ACCC Warns of Phone Number Spoofing Scam Targeting Australians

The National Anti-Scam Centre has issued a warning after scammers began impersonating Australian Competition and Consumer Commission phone numbers to steal personal information from unsuspecting consumers. Scammers are using publicly available ACCC phone numbers listed on the agency’s official website through a technique called “spoofing,” which disguises their actual phone numbers to appear as legitimate government calls. The ACCC emphasises it…