Scams, fraud increased in Australia during 2013

original article located here : http://www.techworld.com.au/article/547 ... ring_2013/ Hamish Barwick

...“Scams have the capacity to devastate the lives of victims, who report suffering adverse effects to their mental health, work capacity and close personal relationships.”

Rickard added that victims often “suffer in silence” because of the social stigma that is attached to falling victim to a scam. However, she said that the ACCC is working hard to change this attitude through education and awareness-raising....

The three most commonly reported scams were advance-fee fraud, phishing and identity theft, and computer hacking scams....