NYDEAS is proud to be the partner of Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to drive the Scam Awareness Week 2021 & 2022 programs.
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/our-partners
2022
Scams Awareness Week 2022 takes place 7-11 November. This Scams Awareness Week we’re encouraging you to learn ways to identify scams and take the time to check whether an offer or contact is genuine before you act on it.
With scammers continually developing new ways to catch people out, we need to increase our vigilance in checking for those little clues that can alert us that something is a scam.
Scams cost Australian consumers, businesses, and the economy hundreds of millions of dollars each year and cause serious emotional harm to victims and their families.
In 2021, Australians made more than 286,600 reports to Scamwatch and reported losses of around $324 million. By the end of August this year, Australians had lost even more with reported losses of over $381 million.
As alarming as these numbers are, we know that around one third of people who are scammed never tell anyone, so the true numbers are probably much higher.
Visit this page during Scams Awareness Week for more information and tips on how to protect yourself from scams.
Scamwatch tools and resources
The Scamwatch and ACCC websites contain a range of tools and resources about scams.
Scamwatch Report Form: If you’ve come across a scam you can report it here.
Scamwatch reporting statistics: Provides up-to-date statistics on scams reported by Australians.
Targeting Scams Reports: Our yearly report on scam trends and statistics.
Helping a friend or family member who is a victim to a scam: Useful information if someone close to you has been scammed.
Be Safe, Be Alert Online: Information on organisations who may be able to help when someone has been scammed.
Where else to get help: Other organisations who might be able to help when someone has fallen victim to a scam.
Little Black Book of Scams: Information on identifying a scam (available digitally in a range of languages).
2021
Did you know?
Staying silent gives scammers more power. Let’s speak up and stop scams!
Speak up today
When you speak up and share your scam story you take away the scammer's power and help protect other people from them.
Can you spot the Scam?
Scammers have lots of tricks to steal your personal information to use for their own gain. Knowing what to look out for is an important way to protect yourself and your identity.
Take Quiz - https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/about-scamwatch/tools-resources/online-resources/spot-the-scam-quiz
Printable crossword
Scams Awareness Week 2021 - crossword ( PDF 141.11 KB )
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