Related Scams
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Ensure flood donations go to official charities
Read More...Generous Western Australians wanting to donate to victims of the Kimberley floods are being alerted to watch out for scammers who set up fake charities.
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The Smith Family door-to-door charity scam
Read More...The Smith Family's charity name is being used in a door-to-door fake fundraiser with scammers asking for donations for ‘KickStartKids’.
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Boston marathon tragedy
Read More...Scammers are circulating spam emails purporting to contain links to websites with information on the recent Boston explosions, but in fact contain links to malicious content that may infect and allow scammers remote access to your computer.
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Telethon phone scam
Read More...If you receive a phone call from Telethon asking you to make a donation it’s a scam!
The charitable trust has received reports of phone scammers pretending to be collecting money for Telethon but NO unsolicited calls are made to private residences during this annual appeal.
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Hurricane Katrina
Read More...Days before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast of the U.S., fraudsters began registering Katrina-related websites hoping to profit from an anticipated outpouring of charitable donations for storm victims.
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Natural disasters
Read More...Hearing about bushfires, floods, cyclones or earthquakes makes most of us want to give but for scammers it’s an opportunity to take.
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Ugandan "plea for help" scam
Read More...Western Australians are again being targeted by what must be one of the most heinous scams to come out of Africa. The Ugandan-based scam attempts to swindle money in the guise of assisting destitute orphans or sick children
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Zimbabwe appeal
Read More...It hasn’t taken long for scammers to latch on to the latest tragedy as a hook to con people out of their money.