Are you scam aware?

Key points

• Australians lost more than two billion dollars to scams last year, with people aged 60 and over suffering the highest losses. The Tewantin Noosa Probus Club has invited Grace from the Queensland Office of Fair Trading to speak on scam awareness at its next meeting on Tuesday, 27 October.
• Grace said scams now often look like genuine messages from banks, suppliers or family members. She advised people not to reply to or unsubscribe from suspicious emails, and to delete them and report them to Scamwatch.
• Romance scammers often use rapid declarations of love and then request money, she warned.