Keeping safe from scams in the modern day presents different challenges for different people. Education, experience, training, immediate personal issues, and stress, all contribute to whether an individual is likely to fall victim to a scam or not.
Often the scams are at their base levels the same scams that con-artists and fraudsters have been running for centuries. What has changed is the speed and global-reach that scammers have, due mostly because mobile phones and the Internet give scammers greater access to each of us. And they can still use the old fashioned methods of contacting us, like knocking on our front door, or phoning our home phone.
The best way to defend against such threats, starts with remaining aware and informed. Here are some good resources to help you remain safe online:
The ACCC ScamWatch site - timely warnings about the latest scams http://www.scamwatch.gov.au, and you can report scams that you are aware of even if you have not been tricked by them.
If you believe you have been either the target or a victim of an online scam, or a hack where you have lost data, identity credentials or worse, please report it to ReportCyber at the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).
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