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Citizens and your rights

Scams

To help you recognise, report and protect yourself from scams the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launched the SCAMwatch website.

Explore SCAMwatch to find out more about the scams that target you:

• banking
• chain letter
• pyramid schemes
• health and medical
• identity theft
• get rich quick 
• job and employment
• fake prizes
• mobile phone
• overseas money transfers
• online
• small business
• other scams.

Find out about false billing scams, often involving advertising by visiting the Office for Consumer and Business affairs website, or download their brochures:

• the little black book of scams (PDF 1MB)
• spotting a scam (PDF 439KB)
• beware of mail scams (PDF 406KB)
• delete it, destroy it or hang up (PDF 83KB)

Latest warnings

The latest consumer warnings about scams, products and services in South Australia can be found on the Office for Business Affairs website.

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