Types of Scams in Australia: Are You a Victim?

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Romance Scams Explained

Typically originate on dating apps or social platforms, romance scams is where an offender builds deep emotional rapport before requesting funds for fake emergencies, travel, medical costs, or restricted bank access.

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Investment Scams Explained

Investment scams often begin with an initial deposit, followed by falsified account growth, test withdrawals, and escalating pressure to invest larger sums through unregulated platforms.

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Job & Task Scams Explained

Job scams involve structured “task” or “click-to-earn” schemes where victims must pay fees or advance funds to get commissions, with withdrawals blocked once deposits increase.

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Crypto Scams Explained

Crypto scammers use digital wallets and QR codes to rapidly move assets across jurisdictions, which obscures transaction trails and complicates recovery efforts.

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Recovery Scams Explained

These are fraudulent services that target scam victims by promising to recover lost funds. They extract additional fees using false guarantees, fabricated credentials, or urgency tactics.

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Other Types of Scams in Australia

Many other types of scams in Australia combine impersonation, phishing and recovery deception. The most common include:

Phishing and SMS scams: texts or emails that look like they come from a bank, toll road, parcel service or myGov, with a link to a fake login page.
Bank and government impersonation: a caller claims to be from your bank, the ATO or the police and pressures you to move money to a “safe account”.
Online shopping and marketplace scams: fake sellers, fake buyers who “overpay”, and websites that take payment and never deliver.

Phone impersonation scams often target older Australians. See the warning signs in our guide to phone scams targeting seniors.

See the latest alerts on Scamwatch, and if you have already paid, follow our scam response steps.

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About CyBear Track & Expose: CyBear Track & Expose is a trading name of CYBEARTRACK.COM.AU PTY LTD (ABN: 63 694 732 664), an Australian cyber investigation and open-source intelligence (OSINT) consultancy. We investigate fraud, trace digital assets across blockchain networks, analyse scam infrastructure, prepare evidence packages, and liaise with banks, exchanges, and law enforcement on behalf of our clients.

What we do: We produce investigative reports, case reviews, blockchain forensic traces, OSINT dossiers, demand letters, and evidence packages designed to support our clients in engaging with law enforcement, financial institutions, and legal professionals.

What we do not do: We do not provide legal representation, financial advice, or act as a financial services provider. We cannot compel any bank, cryptocurrency exchange, or foreign entity to freeze, return, or alter any financial transaction. Only law enforcement agencies, courts, or regulatory bodies hold this legal authority. Fund recovery outcomes depend entirely on the cooperation of financial institutions, exchanges, and law enforcement authorities acting on the evidence we provide.

ASD Cyber Security Partnership: Our status as an ASD Cyber Security Network Partner represents a non-commercial, voluntary participation in a threat-intelligence sharing forum operated by the Australian Signals Directorate. It does not constitute a government credential, endorsement, or validation of our investigative services or corporate legitimacy.

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Office location: 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Phone: 1800 943 511
Email: contact@cybeartrack.com.au
ACN: 694 732 664 | ABN: 63 694 732 664

DISCLAIMER:

About CyBear Track & Expose: CyBear Track & Expose is a trading name of CYBEARTRACK.COM.AU PTY LTD (ABN: 63 694 732 664), an Australian cyber investigation and open-source intelligence (OSINT) consultancy. We investigate fraud, trace digital assets across blockchain networks, analyse scam infrastructure, prepare evidence packages, and liaise with banks, exchanges, and law enforcement on behalf of our clients.

What we do: We produce investigative reports, case reviews, blockchain forensic traces, OSINT dossiers, demand letters, and evidence packages designed to support our clients in engaging with law enforcement, financial institutions, and legal professionals.

What we do not do: We do not provide legal representation, financial advice, or act as a financial services provider. We cannot compel any bank, cryptocurrency exchange, or foreign entity to freeze, return, or alter any financial transaction. Only law enforcement agencies, courts, or regulatory bodies hold this legal authority. Fund recovery outcomes depend entirely on the cooperation of financial institutions, exchanges, and law enforcement authorities acting on the evidence we provide.

ASD Cyber Security Partnership: Our status as an ASD Cyber Security Network Partner represents a non-commercial, voluntary participation in a threat-intelligence sharing forum operated by the Australian Signals Directorate. It does not constitute a government credential, endorsement, or validation of our investigative services or corporate legitimacy.

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