Fraud Prevention

For the community - Identity Crime

Identity Crime broadly describes criminal activity in which a perpetrator uses a false identity to facilitate the commission of a crime. Please click here (PDF) for information on identity crime and how you can prevent becoming a victim of identity crime.

For business

Please click here (PDF) for information on Fraud and Business Scams.

Scam Watch

SCAMwatch is a website run by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). SCAMwatch provides information to consumers and small businesses about how to recognise, avoid and report scams. Scams that are reported to SCAMwatch will be analysed by the ACCC. Please click here to go to the Scam Watch page.

If you are the victim of a fraud or a scam

Print out the Fraud Report form and complete it. Then take it to your nearest police station and make a police report. There you will be given a police report number which you then can provide to your financial institution, internet provider if they require it for any further investigation.