Scams cost Aussies $211 million this year

By Georgie Moore
Updated September 27 2021 - 12:30pm, first published 12:27pm
There's been a huge increase in losses from scam calls and texts in Australia compared to last year.
There's been a huge increase in losses from scam calls and texts in Australia compared to last year.

Australians have lost a record $211 million to scams so far this year, with people bombarded by bogus calls and texts purportedly from well-known businesses or the government.

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