“If you receive contact from someone claiming to be from a telecommunications company, a technical support service provider or online marketplace, hang up. Rickard has urged Australians not to let anyone who contacts them out of the blue remotely access their devices. $1.95 million alone has been lost to scammers impersonating Telstra, with Amazon impersonators raking in $1.24 million NBN Co and eBay are also on the list of commonly-reported impersonations. “Young people reported losing on average $20,000 and eight Indigenous Australians, some in remote communities, lost a total of $38,000,” she said. People aged 55 and older lost over $4.4 million, accounting for almost half of total losses. “These types of scams target and impact all people and can be convincing. According to Delia Rickard, deputy chair at the ACCC, remote access scams are among the fastest growing in Australia, preying on fears of fraud and cybercrime.
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