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 search engines include: Google, Bing & Yahoo & DuckDuckGo*
NBN
- NBNCo: Protect yourself from nbn scams
- Scamwatch: Beware of NBN scams
Banking
ANZ: Security hub*
CommBank: Cyber security, scams & fraud*
NAB: Security guides*
Westpac: Security Hub*
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 ..."
- Wikipedia: Technical support scam*
Resources
- Scamwatch
- Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
- ACCC: Protecting yourself, Scams avoid the 10 most common methods scammers use.
- eSafety: Top 10 tips to protect yourself against impersonation scams*
- Wikipedia: Email fraud
- Wikipedia: Phishing*
- USA: Scams & Frauds
- UK: Action Fraud
- NZ: Consumer Protection Scamwatch
- econsumer.gov
- Choice: Online scams & how to avoid them
- Western Union: Fraud Awareness
- PayPal: Watch out for hoaxes, phishing & scams
- PayPal: Buyer Protection
Related links
Netro Support: Cyber Security Resources