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Scam Intelligence: Australia

Fraud patterns and statistics based on 3,299 community-reported cases

3,299
Cases in Database
$400
Median Loss (USD)

Top Scam Types

Phishing
158
Bank Fraud
105
Job Scam
53
Investment Fraud
49
Romance Scam
43

Top Platforms Used

📱 Instagram 1,442
📱 Email 205
📱 Telegram 122
📱 Whatsapp 96
📱 Facebook 63

Recent Reported Cases

Australian email scam for subscription that expired last year This is what was emailed to me today. I was part of this subscription service in 2022 and had a 3 year subscription which I paid upfront. ...

2026-06-04

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I have had no emails from them only to receive this today. I have tried even logging into the account after receiving this email only to see it was expired in 2025...

Got scammed in Australia (I know, lame...) while buying a car. [removed]...

2026-06-04

[IN] Flipkart SBI credit card 1250₹ vouchers is pure fraud [removed]...

2026-06-04

Fake lawyer cyber incident audit leads to WhatsApp “victim support group” recovery scam [removed]...

2026-06-03

[US] Company got scammed, but the thief didn’t seem to get anything out of it So the company I work for had two $10,000+ wires pulled from our bank account a month apart. (Yeah, it’s bad I know, but o...

2026-06-03

[Zambia] Need help on reporting Dubai scam Hello everyone, I was defrauded by someone posing as a laptop supplier on Reddit. ...

2026-06-03

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She first contacted me in March and spent nearly two months building trust before disappearing after collecting payment. ...

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She identified herself as a Zimbabwean national and UAE resident based in Dubai , claiming to work as a customer service supervisor at a theme park. She provided a UAE Resident ID as proof of identity...

Community-sourced patterns. Anonymized.