Australians have misplaced almost $300 million to scams within the first half of 2022 - near double the quantity that was misplaced in the identical timeframe final yr.
Victims misplaced a staggering $295.2 million from greater than 100,000 scams between January and June 2022, in accordance with the newest knowledge from the ACCC's Scamwatch.
Victims misplaced a staggering $295.2 million from greater than 100,000 scams between January and June 2022, in accordance with the newest knowledge from the ACCC's Scamwatch.
The losses mark a big enhance on the losses in the identical interval final yr, with $139 million recorded as having been misplaced on scams within the first half of 2021.
A complete of $323 million was misplaced in the entire of 2021.
June has confirmed to be the third worst month for scams being recorded, with $38,174,695 having been reported as misplaced by Aussies.
March was by the far the worst month, when $95,137,362 was reported as having been misplaced, adopted by Might, when $52,764,390 was reported as taken by scammers.
Funding scams have by far been the principle culprits behind Aussie's shedding their financial savings this yr, claiming greater than $219 million.
Phishing scams - when a scammer sends a fraudulent message purporting to be from another person - have been essentially the most reported kind of rip-off, with almost 32,000 studies this yr.
Cellphone scams have been the commonest supply technique with 33,403 studies, adopted by textual content message scams with 32,700 studies.
Australians aged over 65 reported the best losses to scams over the interval, totaling $51 million.
Adrian Covich from safety firm Proofpoint has stated 2022 "is shaping as much as be a document yr for losses and rip-off exercise".
Aussies warned about contemporary rip-off on second-hand websites
He stated the Scamwatch statistics present how lively scammers had been in Australia, however didn't replicate the true harm brought on by scammers.
"We urge Australians to proceed to be vigilant about any unsolicited communications," he stated.
"By no means give out private or monetary data to somebody they do not know, whether or not that is over cellphone, electronic mail, textual content or the web."
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