HASS09 Economics - Introduction: Consumer Protection

The Attorney-General's Department has developed a range of resources to assist individuals to protect their identity and to recover from the effects of identity crime.

The term 'online fraud' refers to any type of fraud scheme that uses email, web sites, chat rooms or message boards to present fraudulent solicitations to prospective victims, to conduct fraudulent transactions or to transmit the proceeds of fraud to financial institutions or to others connected with the scheme.

SMARTPHONE and tablet users are under potential cyber security risk by failing to take simple measures to protect themselves from fraudsters.