Scam Awareness Week

You can read up all about the Scams Awareness Week 2024 campaign by Scamwatch on the government website, scamwatch.gov.au – it’s called ‘Share a story, stop a scam’ and aims to encourage Australians to speak up and report scams.

• Sharing your story helps others to spot, avoid and report scams, and recover from the harms caused by scammers.
• Share your scam story using the hashtag #ShareAScamStory to help make Australia a harder target for scammers.

Educate yourself

 

Scam Awareness Week with nbn™ and COTA NT – Seniors Month Event

Thursday 29 August, 1.30pm – 3pm, Spillett House, 65 Smith Street, Darwin

COTA NT and nbn™ are hosting a FREE workshop and light afternoon tea with speakers from the Bendigo Bank and Northern Territory Consumer Affairs – you can share a story, find out how to avoid being scammed and get your questions answered!

 

Book now to reserve your spot via the eventbrite link here or by calling COTA NT Head Office on 08 8941 1004 during office hours.

 

The best way to defend against scams is through awareness and education. The Little Book of Scams is recognised internationally as an important tool for consumers and small businesses to learn about scams including:

• the most common scams to watch out for
• the different ways scammers can contact you
• the tools scammers use to deceive you
• the warning signs
• how to defend against scams
• where you can find help.

Click here to read How to spot and avoid scams

For translated resources, visit this page, www.scamwatch.gov.au/research-and-resources/the-little-book-of-scams

At time of posting, translations were available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Spanish and Vietnamese.