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2020 Scams: by method, volume and per-scam value

15 January 2021

$176 million reported lost to scams in 2020

  • $176 million was reported as lost to scams in 2020 by scamwatch.org.
  • $48 million over the phone, $34 million via email and $27 million via social media.
  • More than 100,000 individual phone scams were reported to the ACCC.
  • Per-scam, in-person scams proved to be the most lucrative, at an average of more than $6000.

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