Christmas is a busy time for most people – including scammers looking for a festive bonus by creaming money or personal details off unsuspecting consumers. “Although scammers are always around, they have greater opportunity at Christmas to sneak under the radar of consumers who are busy with trying to buy the perfect present or arrange [...]
Slam phone scammers: ACCC and ACMA
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We have received a news alert from ACMA and as part of our public service, we are reprinting the said bulletin in its entirety: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Communications and Media Authority are calling on Australians to immediately hang up the phone if scammers call, staying alert to this growing [...]
Telemarketers scamming Australians about the Do Not Call Register
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Unscrupulous telemarketers are offering to list consumers’ phone numbers on the Do Not Call Register for a fee, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). ‘The Do Not Call Register is a free service provided by the Australian Government,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman, who warned consumers not to provide any personal identification [...]
Fighting Online Fraud
March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce is currently running (1 – 7 March 2010) its annual scams education and awareness campaign. This news bulletin is a public service of SPAMWATCHERS.COM to assist in creating awareness of online consumer frauds and scams. You should be aware of the following more common online scams in order to protect [...]
MoneyGram ordered to pay $18m for fraud-related cases of agents
October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
MoneyGram International, Inc., the second-largest money transfer service in the United States, will pay $18 million in consumer redress to settle FTC charges that the company allowed its money transfer system to be used by fraudulent telemarketers to bilk U.S. consumers out of tens of millions of dollars. MoneyGram also will be required to implement [...]
Warning on unauthorised digital TV offers
October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Australians switching to digital television should beware door-to-door salespeople offering conversion equipment and falsely claiming to represent the Government, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said today. “I was outraged to hear reports about people claiming to represent the Government and offering digital television goods door-to-door. These people have [...]
ACMA moves to protect Web Ace customers from direct debit scam
September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has used its regulatory powers to help stop fraudulent billing practices by internet service provider, Web Ace. The ACMA has issued a direction to Web Ace to comply with the Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code C628:2007 (the code). Failure to comply with the code could incur civil penalties of up [...]
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