More than 1,150 Australians have fallen victim to this “Hi Mum” scam in the first seven months of 2022, with total reported losses of $2.6 million. Scamwatch is warning the public to be vary wary of phone messages from a family member or friend claiming they need help, otherwise known as the "Hi Mum" scam. Phishing internet banking websites promoted in Google advertisements.Phishing text messages using technology to pose as legitimate organisations.The scammers are trying to get information such as bank account numbers, passwords and credit card numbers, which they will then use to steal your identity.Īn example of current phishing scams circulating Australia are: These messages or calls seem to come from legitimate businesses and are often disguised as banks or other financial institutions or telecommunications providers. Phishing’ refers to emails, SMS or phone calls that trick people into giving out their personal and banking information. Some examples of current scams in Australia are: Phishing It is impossible to list all scams currently being used as there are so many (and then, so many variations to the original scam). Scammers often offer a product or service that seems too good to be true or pose as legitimate organisations in an effort to steal your personal information such as PINs or account details. They're always coming up with new ways of doing so including scams through online sales platforms like Facebook Marketplace, online dating scams, phishing emails and much more. Eventually it was on the news that someone at Wells Fargo was stealing new card numbers as they went out.Current scams in Australia and how to avoid them More and more fraudsters are trying to scam people out of their hard-earned money. Plus the same thing actually happened to me years ago with Wells Fargo. I don’t like how unhelpful BoA was with the whole thing. So they can’t update merchants.Īt this point I think it’s definitely an inside job and I’m going to switch banks. Mastercard confirmed they don’t do that and they said they actually don’t have any of my information, only my phone number. I called Mastercard anyway because BoA said they had no control of that feature and only Mastercard could stop it. I didn’t believe that because that’s the most annoying part of getting a new card-updating all the merchants. They told me Mastercard will give merchants my new card number as long as it’s a merchant I have dealt with in the past. I got that text, canceled my card, and the next day got another text that my new card (that was still in the mail) was declined because of an incorrect PIN.
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