Is someone you care about being scammed? Use our checklists if you’re concerned about a friend or family member. It can help you identify potential scam situations early. Trust your instincts too, if ...

This interactive data is from scam reports that have been made to the National Anti-Scam Centre. For scams data that includes other sources see our Targeting scams report.

Scamwatch expects criminals to try to make the most of on the holiday season through shopping and delivery scams, scratchie and prize scams, and travel and gambling scams. Criminals are impersonating ...

From 10 December 2025, some social media platforms will be restricted, by law, to people aged 16 and over. These laws require affected platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent anyone under 16 ...

Criminals are pretending to be Australian Federal Police (AFP) and other police officers and creating fake ReportCyber reports using people’s names and emails. Scammers are using these fake reports to ...

Davin received a private message on Facebook from the ‘Facebook Freedom Lottery’ claiming he and others had won amounts up to $150 000. At first he didn’t believe it. Businesses don’t give money away ...

Let’s make one thing clear: there’s no shame in getting scammed. It can happen to any of us. Hundreds of thousands of Australians are scammed out of their money or personal information every year.