{"id":7679,"date":"2021-08-02T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T05:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2021-08-18T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:17:00","slug":"reporting-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/reporting-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting Online Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5007 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ransomware.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ransomware.png 236w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ransomware-150x136.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ransomware-61x55.png 61w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/>If you\u2019ve scammed online, the worst thing you can do is nothing.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Australian Government&#8217;s Scam Watch website, last year Australians lost 851 million dollars to scams (that\u2019s just the scams that were actually reported).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been impacted by cybercrimes like fraud, identity theft and malicious software you should take immediate action.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first point of action should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scamwatch.gov.au<\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> cyber.gov.au<\/a> where you\u2019ll find links for both reporting what\u2019s happened to the relevant authority where you live plus any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/get-help\/where-to-get-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support you may need<\/a> following the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again the key message here is to reach out and report any cybercrime activity and get help to ensure it doesn\u2019t happen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve scammed online, the worst thing you can do is nothing. 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The first point of action<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/reporting-online-scams\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[2099,474,2100,1662,1846],"class_list":["post-7679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-2","tag-cyber-crimes","tag-cybercrime","tag-online-crime","tag-online-scams","tag-scamwatch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reporting Online Scams - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/reporting-online-scams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reporting Online Scams - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019ve scammed online, the worst thing you can do is nothing. 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