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WA Scam Warnings
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Fake profiles: Captain Thomas Steve
Read More...A WA woman has lost more than $10,000 in an online romance scam after a fraudster used stolen social media images to pose as a ship captain called ‘Thomas Steve’.
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Fake Outboard Motor Websites
Read More...WA ScamNet has received reports about a number of fake websites selling cheap outboard motors.
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Cute pics but no puppies - puppy scams
Read More...Beware of fake websites and social media accounts that claimed to puppies, leaving buyers out of pocket and without a dog.
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Scam targets vehicle sellers
Read More...Scammers are targeting consumers selling cars online. These scams usually work by getting you to ‘refund’ a scammer who has sent you too much money for an item you are selling or to forward the additional funds to someone else to cover costs such as shipping.
Bushfires equals fake charity scams
Seeing the recent bushfires is horrifying for most of us and we just want to help somehow. But unfortunately scammers see it as an opportunity to impersonate charities, or create fake charities.
WA Scam Media
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Internet romance scammers know what their victims are longing to hear, expert says - ABC News
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'Update your payment information': Dangerous Netflix scam discovered - Nine News -
Investment scams cost Australians nearly 19 million this year alone - SBS Insight -
How to stop online shopping scams from stealing your money - Perth Now -
Bunbury woman loses $670,000 to scammers using ‘Twiggy’ Forrest image to promote scheme - Perth Now -
Scammers target Perth settlement agent in email scam worth $70,000 - Perth Now -
NBN scammers fleece consumers of $500,000 - Sydney Morning Herald -
Airbnb to verify all 7 million listings following phony listings scam exposed - news.com.au -
Perth rental scam unravels when agent arrives to show house to clients - WA Today -
Top scams that catch out many older Australians - WA Today -
Facebook scam competitions using Virgin Australia, P&O Cruises brands to lure in victims - ABC News -
Tax Office chases repayments from outback scam - ABC News