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We’ve seen a rise in scams targeting our customers, including messages pretending to be from nabtrade, along with cases of compromised passwords and identity theft. To help keep your account secure, use unique, complex passwords and update them regularly. Remember: nabtrade will never send you a text message asking you to click a link. If you receive one, delete it and report it to us.
Scams: how to avoid losing your money to increasingly sophisticated scammers
We all know someone who has fallen victim to a scam – a phone call purporting to be from Telstra, a link supposedly from your bank, PayPal or the ATO. The world of scamming has become increasingly and terrifyingly sophisticated, and you’re at risk.
Far from a kid with a laptop in their parent’s basement, scammers are now likely to work with hundreds of others, have targets and procedure manuals – and be very well trained to convince you of their legitimacy.
After a close friend lost $3,000 to a phone scammer purporting to be from NAB, Gemma Dale interviewed Tara McCarthy from NAB Security to understand – and help you understand:
- The most common types of scams, from phishing and malware to computer ransoms
- Why phishing is now targeted, as scammers match details from stolen databases with your publicly available information
- How the Brisbane City Council lost $450,000 to the kind of scam being directed at small business, and
- What you can do to protect yourself.
