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Free: The Little Black Book of Scams @ ACCC (Published Dec 2016)

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Free: The Little Black Book of Scams @ ACCC (Published Dec 2016)
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altomic on 28/01/2019 - 21:06 accc.gov.au (7186 clicks)
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The best way to protect yourself is through awareness and education. The Little Black Book of Scams is recognised internationally as an important tool for consumers and small businesses to learn about scams including:

the most common scams to watch out for
the different ways scammers can contact you
the tools scammers use to trick you
the warning signs
how to protect yourself, and
where you can find help.

Available in PDF, Word, audiobook, or delivered free as a hard copy.

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  • King Steuart on 29/01/2019 - 10:03

    Does the book cover the government allowing drones to be sold but banning people (both idiots and responsible pilots) from flying them anywhere interesting?

    Sounds like a scam to me.

  • petry on 29/01/2019 - 10:29
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    why is this posted?

    fake news and deals these days….

  • mavis30551 on 29/01/2019 - 10:39
    +2

    Great book, lists 100's of effective scams and a how to guide to make money off the less intelligent.

    Would recommend.

  • SydneySurvivor on 29/01/2019 - 12:39

    Here's a scam that the ACCC turn a blind eye on. Ebay seller sells shitty phone from Hong Kong. Ebay seller is a registered business in Australia. Phone dies 3 months inside 1 year warranty and ignores phone calls and emails. Long story short - ACCC tells you to take them to small claims court. Thank you good for nothing ACCC.

    • Pantagonist on 29/01/2019 - 15:29
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      From their website:

      Contact the ACCC for information about your consumer rights and obligations, and possible courses of action you might take. While we don’t resolve individual complaints, we will use the information you provide to help us understand what issues are causing the most harm to Australian business and consumers, and where to focus our compliance and enforcement efforts.

      It looks to me like they provided you information about your consumer rights and obligations and told you where you should go to achieve a resolution. If they get a bunch of complaints about the seller acting in the same way over multiple transactions, they'll use the information you submitted in preparing a case against the retailer.

      Seems pretty clear cut.

  • ozbargainer88 on 29/01/2019 - 12:40

    Does this explain (g) armour trimming?

  • stealthpaw on 29/01/2019 - 13:02

    Ordered a hard copy 2 years ago for my grandparents and it never arrived.

  • myusername on 29/01/2019 - 14:07
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    any Hardly Normal employees here?

    maybe they can pass this information on to their stores

  • poohduck on 29/01/2019 - 16:32
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    I didn't think the ACCC did anything - I'm surprised they put this book together. I hope it mentions that you're on your own if anything happens. Gone are the days of Allan Fells - that man put fear into big business that traditionally got away with anything, and has now reverted back to that, thanks to our kow towing to big crooked business no matter what the cost government.

    • petry on 29/01/2019 - 20:23
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      the accc are a waste of taxpayer money. the guy who posted being involved with it 20 years ago forgot to mention the removal of fair trading tribunals over that time in many states and the erosion of fair trading laws. There's nothing here anymore - governments pass fake laws every year now to protect consumers - they're fake because no-one is responsible for enforcement like telecoms.

      when the banks stood up at the royal commission and admitted fraud nothing was done by the libs, cept to increase the pay of all those who stood back and let the frauds go ahead. Governments these days drive fraud and promote it by doing nothing to stop them or punish the guilty businesses. This old little bunch of notes is less useful than a toilet roll.

      • Wardaddy on 03/02/2019 - 12:10

        Wow. I'm sorry that you're so injured. I hope you get better.

        • petry on 03/02/2019 - 13:45

          try to demean reality by personal attacks is the working practice of scum…

          • Wardaddy on 03/02/2019 - 15:33

            @petry: It isn't an attack, or sarcasm. I genuinely feel for you, you must be hurting so bad. It's sympathy.

  • Twodogs on 03/02/2019 - 12:55

    Very helpful book …… helped me plan my next scam ;-)

    • poohduck on 19/02/2019 - 17:45

      Yes, knowing the truth should give you encouragement :)

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