Campaign resources for Scams Awareness Week 2025, which runs from Monday 25 to Friday 29 August.

Scamwatch scam alerts, media releases, and other scam related news.

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.

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 are targeting people looking online for love and friendship to trick them into fake investment and cryptocurrency schemes.

Whaling or spear phishing scams target businesses or organisations in an attempt to get confidential information for fraudulent purposes.

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 ...

The National-Anti Scam Centre is warning HSBC customers to watch out for scam texts that appear to be from their bank.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning businesses about receiving letters that look like an invoice and state a ‘domain name is available’. A busy office at this time of the ...

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.