Scams costing Australians $77 million as fraudsters target disasters and pandemic | Laura_R_Chung
Scams cost Australians $77 million in the first six months of 2020 with fraudsters using the bushfires and the pandemic to their advantage.
In the first six months of 2019, losses reported to Scamwatch exceeded $58 million, but losses over the same period in 2020 are up by more than $19 million.
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