In recognition of Scams Awareness Week 2026 we wanted to point out some of the scams resources we have on our website and point visitors to the National Anti-Scam Centre who is calling for people to ‘Stop. Check. Protect.’ before clicking, sharing or paying online.
Scams are dynamic and use tricks, technology, counterfeit connection and pressurising tactics. If you have money, personal data or a bank account, you're valuable to a scammer.
Scams can be very sophisticated and manipulative to appear genuine and trustworthy. Scammers make the situation sound urgent to try to force you to act without taking the time to consider properly.
It is important to identify the scam before you suffer the loss of money or personal information. The most dangerous scam is the one you fail to recognise. Take the time to check before you click, share, send or transfer!
The ePayments Code may be able to offer protection where you accidentally send money to the wrong account because of an error, such as entering an incorrect BSB or account number. If the Code applies, you may be able to raise a request to reverse the payment.
However, these protections generally do not cover scams where you intended to make the payment.
To find out more information, you can read our Scams and/or Reversing Bank Transactions factsheets.
