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WA Scam Warnings

Event and Festival scams

Watch out for fake adverts for events or festivals spreading across social media, prompting a warning for WA consumers to be on alert for scams and avoid buying tickets to events that do not exist.
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Fake shipping container websites

WA ScamNet has received a number of reports about fake websites claiming to sell discounted shipping containers that are never delivered after payment is made.
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Flexible Work Scam

People seeking jobs with flexible work conditions, such as working from home need to watch-out for job scams that attempt to steal your money, rather than make you any.
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Tax phishing emails

WA ScamNet has renewed its warnings about fake tax communications after fresh reports of emails claiming to be from the ATO. Do not click on any links. Just delete it.
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