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It might be too early to see insurance fraud yet but after big fires there's history of some who get caught making false claims.
These looters have been refused bail.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received 86 reports of bushfire-related scams since September of 2019, including 20 calls to the scams hotline on Tuesday.
The scams reported include:
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This lady had to ride her horse out to a safe area and when she got home, her shed had been robbed of all equipment. When she left to come back with the police, thieves had been in again and looted the house.
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These looters have been refused bail.
No bail for alleged bushfire looters accused of double break-in as third person charged
A man and a woman accused of robbing a shop in bushfire-ravaged NSW have been remanded in custody, with a court hearing one of the pair once tried to use Monopoly money at a bar.
www.abc.net.au
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received 86 reports of bushfire-related scams since September of 2019, including 20 calls to the scams hotline on Tuesday.
The scams reported include:
- People impersonating relatives of victims and requesting money via text messages or phone calls
- Calls or websites impersonating charities and crowdfunding pages impersonating charities
- People doorknocking, saying they or loved ones have been impacted by the bushfires
'Lowest of the low': 86 scams related to bushfire relief reported to ACCC
Scammers are targeting the pursestrings of everyday Australians wanting to help people in need during the bushfire crisis, impersonating charities or the victims of relatives.
www.abc.net.au
This lady had to ride her horse out to a safe area and when she got home, her shed had been robbed of all equipment. When she left to come back with the police, thieves had been in again and looted the house.
'Dog act': Mum flees bushfire on horseback, returns to find home looted — twice
A NSW woman's home survived the New Year's Eve bushfires, but not the worst instincts of the thieves who robbed her even as the bush around her house was still smouldering.
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