Netro Support: Internet scams


Introduction
Beware of Internet scams, if in doubt, please contact us.
ACSC: Recognise and report scams

Domain
- Is this "Domain Registration Service" email a scam?
  - Wikipedia: List of Internet top-level domains
  - Top Million websites

SEO
Search Engine Optimisation / Domain Submission
- Scamwatch: False billing
- Google Top Placement/SEO Scam
- Wikipedia: Web search engine market share
  Top four search engines: Google, Bing & Yahoo.

NBN
- NBNCo: Protect yourself from nbn scams
- Scamwatch: Beware of NBN scams

Technical Support
Scammers pretending to be from Telstra Technical Support continue cold-calling Australians
"Recent months have seen a surge in reports of scammers calling people at home and
raising a false alarm that they are at risk of their internet being disconnected immediately ..."

Resources
- Scamwatch
- Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
- ACCC: Protecting yourself from scams
- USA: Scams & Frauds
- UK: Action Fraud
- NZ: Consumer Protection Scamwatch

- Choice: Online scams & how to avoid them
- econsumer.gov
- Wikipedia: Email fraud
- Western Union: Fraud Awareness
- PayPal: Watch out for hoaxes, phishing & scams
- PayPal: Buyer Protection

Related links
Netro Support: Cyber Security Resources

Last updated: Mar-24