The ACCC’s Little Black Book of Scams is its primary educational resource, and the ACCC’s most popular publication. In 2014 over 108 000 copies of the book were distributed throughout the community. The electronic publication was also downloaded 4041 times.
This publication highlights the most commons scams that target Australians such as advance fee fraud, fake lotteries and sweepstakes, dating and romance scams, computer hacking and online shopping scams. It also explains scam delivery methods, tools used by scammers to trick people, personalised scam approaches, and golden rules on how to protect oneself.
The Little Black Book of Scams is considered a best practice educational resource internationally, with several overseas regulators producing their own localised versions.
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