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3AW Afternoons: dealing with scams

Scams are seemingly everywhere, with text messages sent at all hours prompting us to hand over details. What’s going on? Pickr joins 3AW Afternoons to talk tips.

Texts in the middle of the night. Packages sent out of the blue. Messages suggesting you’re doing something wrong. Fake buyers on Gumtree listings. This is the world of scams Australians are dealing with right now, as criminals take on regular people and ask them to click aimlessly and have over details.

It’s a frustrating situation we’re all dealing with, so how do you go on the defensive?

Pickr’s Leigh Stark joins 3AW’s Tony Moclair to talk scams, and to answer questions on scams from callers. Check the segment below to hear the whole thing.

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