While travelling on holiday with her family, Monique Svenson almost lost thousands of dollars during a single phone call.
abc.net.au/news/phone-scam-shame-tiktok-how-to-help/101826866When you think of a scam victim, Monique Svenson is not the typical person who comes to mind.
"I work full time for myself, I have staff, I have multiple bank accounts, I have a branch manager, I have accountants, I invest in shares. The banking world feels very familiar to me." The text appeared in the same thread as other correspondence from the bank, which lulled Ms Svenson into a false sense of security.
The scammer then told her there was a device in Perth that was accessing her account and the only way to fix this was to re-register her device and deactivate the 'fraudulent' device. There was also an additional message at the bottom of the text that stated, "Do not read this code out to anyone, not even us."
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