The Euro EV to make Tesla sweat<\/a><\/p>\nCybercrime continues to cost Australians billions of dollars every year.<\/p>\n
Recent figures from ANZ show scam activity surged by 18 per cent year-on-year between October 2025 and June 2026.<\/p>\n
Released for Scam Awareness Week, the data found scams remain one of the biggest financial dangers facing Australians.<\/p>\n
According to the National Anti-Scam Centre, Australians lost $2.18 billion in 2025, with new data suggesting we\u2019re on track to lose even greater amounts this year.<\/p>\n
People are being asked to keep reporting any suspicious messages that purport to be from Linkt to help improve the system. Transurban says every screenshot helps train the AI and protect others from being caught in the trap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every day, thousands of Australians have their day interrupted by annoying scam messages from cybercriminals posing as 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