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Online fraud and scams increase as vigilance falls
Key takeaways
- The Australian Institute of Criminology says cybercrime is under-reported.
- Online scams and fraud increased in 2025 but remained under-reported, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).
- Mr Morgan says the new scam prevention framework, which puts the onus on businesses to protect customers from being scammed, should have a positive impact on victim minimisation.
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The Australian Institute of Criminology says cybercrime is under-reported. (Reuters: Kacper Pempel)
Online scams and fraud increased in 2025 but remained under-reported, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).
AIC research manager and co-author of the report, Anthony Morgan, said the rise was likely due to a mix of cybercriminals becoming more adaptive, AI making scams harder to detect and a rise in organised, industrial-scale offshore scam centres.
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