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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
How much is does the ACCC estimate that scams cost our community each year
trillions of dollars
$50,000
hundreds of millions of dollars
$12,990
Scams that use photos of random people to lure you into a relationship with the goal of obtaining money are known as
Family scams
Romance and dating scams
Financial scams
Phishing
Using promises of gains in cryptocurrency, binary options trades, superannuation schemes or managed funds are a group of scams known as
Computer Scams
Diamond Mining
Dirty Money
Investment Scams
You receive a phone call from 'Paula Brown' on a private number and she states that you will be arrested tomorrow on a charge of unpaid fines of $734 unless you pay the outstanding amount now. This could be what type of scam?
A monetary scam
Threat and penalty scam
An unexpected money scam
A phone scam
Your uncle sadly passed away last year. You receive an unexpected phone call from Henry who claims to be a Solicitor. He states that he has details of an inheritance for you, but he needs your account details and signature to pay the funds to you. This could be an (a) scam.
You are trying to sell your old car. You receive a phone call from a man who then inspects the car and agrees to buy it. He gives you a personal cheque for $14,000 when the sale price is actually only $12,000. "oops" he says, "just transfer the extra $2,000 back to me online. What is the scammer trying to do?
He hopes you will give him a discount on the price.
He hopes you will just give him the car as it is all too hard!
He hopes that you will transfer $2,000 to you online before you realise his $14,000 cheque is fake.
He wants to pay $14,000
Keystroke loggers are used to:
Count the number of key strokes you type
Record exactly what you type on your keyboard including passwords
Install malicious software on your device
Access and control your email and bank accounts
You receive an email from a strange account with an attachment. Why should you not open the attachment?
The attachment is probably very safe to open
It could contain harmful programs which will install on your device
It could explode your device
It could be a phishing scam
'Joanne' from Telstra contacts you at 6.15pm. She states that you have a bug in your internet, but she will email you with a patch to download. "This will fix the problem" she states. What type of scam could she be attempting to carry out?
Install spyware
Install malware
install ransomware
Access your device to steal your identity
Is it legal to try to trick or scam someone for financial gain?
Yes
No
