How to identify a scam

Scammers are scheming, crafty, aggressive and malicious operators who are experts in conning people out of their money.

Although there are thousands of scams in existence, many scammers use the same hooks to convince you their offer is real.

Once you know the hooks, identifying scams becomes easier.  The links below show a few examples of the key scams reported to WA ScamNet:

• Advance fee fraud
• Competition
• Email / phishing
• Jewellery
• Lottery
• Psychic
• Scam envelopes

Further helpful information:

The United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading has dissected three common types of mail scams to reveal the scammers’ tricks of the trade.

This new interactive tool is easy and fun to use so become your own scambuster by clicking on the links below. 

• clairvoyant scam
• lottery scam
• prize scam