AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2011
NSW:Older people fall for internet scams
A new study has found older Australians often fall for internet scams and then become
too embarrassed to report the fraud.
The study, by the Australian Institute of Criminology, (AIC) surveyed 202 Victorians
who had sent money to Nigeria to determine why they had responded to unsolicited contact
and the impact of the fraud on their lives.
Federal justice minister BRENDAN O'CONNOR says many victims were too embarrassed to
report the fraud to authorities.
He says most frauds involved a so-called "advance fee", which promised to secure an
anticipated financial or other benefit at a later date.
The survey found that most victims had first been approached by email, with 35 per
cent responding to web based dating site while other scams started by post.
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KEYWORD: SCAM (SYDNEY)
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