Younger Australians now being targeted in online scams

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2021-05-11

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Australians lost more than $37m to online dating scams in 2020, a record amount. Deputy Chair of ACCC Delia Rickard says to not take financial advice from someone on a dating app and to take screenshots of profiles and run it through reverse Google image search.
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