Australians are more likely to experience parcel delivery fraud than any other type of fraud, according to an Australia Post survey, industry portal Parcel and Postal Technology International reported on May 31.
The survey was conducted by Pollfish in April 2024 among 1,495 Australians. According to their results, 73% of respondents said they had received fake package delivery notifications.
More than a quarter (27%) of respondents admitted to having been victims of fraud, with many resulting in financial loss or identity theft. 5% of victims lost more than 20,000 Australian dollars (1.2 million rubles) to scammers.
Scammers are persistent: 80% of Australians receive between 1 and 10 scam emails and calls per week, 15% of people receive 16 emails and calls per week and around 4% receive 16 emails and calls per week. week.
Scammers are becoming more active and their methods are becoming more convincing. More than half (54%) of respondents said they initially accepted the fraudulent message at face value and only discovered the hoax after further interaction, prompting Australia Post to encourage package tracking using the Post app only. the company.
It is worth noting that the latest report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reports that in 2023, Australian residents lost $2.74 billion to fraudsters and filed more than 601,000 complaints about fraudulent activities, an increase of 18.5 % more than a year before. .
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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