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WA Scam Warnings

  • Event and Festival scams
    Event and Festival scams

    Watch out for fake adverts for events or festivals spreading across social media, prompting a warning for WA consumers to be on alert for scams and avoid buying tickets to events that do not exist.

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  • Fake shipping container websites
    Fake shipping container websites

    WA ScamNet has received a number of reports about fake websites claiming to sell discounted shipping containers that are never delivered after payment is made.

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  • Flexible Work Scam
    Flexible Work Scam

    People seeking jobs with flexible work conditions, such as working from home need to watch-out for job scams that attempt to steal your money, rather than make you any.   

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  • Tax phishing emails
    Tax phishing emails

    WA ScamNet has renewed its warnings about fake tax communications after fresh reports of emails claiming to be from the ATO. Do not click on any links. Just delete it. 

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Help for spotting scams

The spotting scams fact sheet covers:

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- Verify with the source

- Protect your computer, devices and accounts

- When shopping online or on social media platforms

- Take action if you have been scammed

download-gb3c7f7d47_640 Download a copy of the Spotting scams factsheet

 

ScamNet Talks

Do you want to know how to spot a scam?

We regularly run presentations to groups about tips on how to spot a scam and what to do if you or someone you know has been targeted by a scammer.

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