The Australasian Consumer Fraud Task Force has conducted a range of fraud prevention and awareness raising activities since 2006. This report presents the results of the 2012 online consumer fraud survey. Foreword Each year, since 2007, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has collected information on consumer scams by conducting an online survey of Australians...

This report explains key trends in scam activity in 2012 and highlights the impact of scams on the community. Snapshot of 2012 Scam reports

This report covers trends in crime across 154 Local Government Areas (LGAs) over the 24 months to March 2013. The report shows falls in assaults on licensed premises, robberies without firearms, break and enter from non-dwellings and motor vehicle thefts. Most other categories of crime (including non-fatal shootings) are stable; however fraud and domestic assault...

Foreword Despite significant reductions in recent years, acquisitive property crime remains the single largest crime category, with over 700,000 offences recorded annually by police in Australia. There is potential to further reduce the scale of such offending and the subsequent costs to society by focusing attention on the design of frequently stolen consumer products in...

This research found that one in eight businesses surveyed losing between $100 and $10,000 because of scams. Executive summary