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Podcast: Life FM Gippsland
Episode: Scam Awareness Week - Julie Stewart, Amazon Australia
Description: Aired November 27, 2023.
With less than a month left until Christmas, the festive shopping season is well and truly underway.
With crowds swarming shopping centres across the nation desperate to tick off their holiday shopping list, Australians are increasingly turning to online shopping as an easier way to fill their stockings - placing them directly in the path of scammers, experts warn.
With more than 90,000 phishing scams and 17,000 online shopping scams reported nationwide so far in 2023 – already surpassing 2022’s numbers - experts are urging us to up our awareness and keep a watchful eye out a...