The people targeting you with cyberscams may themselves be victims of slavery | James Cockayne

Hundreds of thousands across south-east Asia are forced to work for industrial-scale criminal enterprises. Reporting scams is therefore critical

Never click on a suspicious link. Beware of unsolicited emails. Don't access your bank from public wifi. Just as suddenly as Black Friday has become the new" Boxing Day, so have the warnings about online scams become commonplace.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently reported that scams, largely perpetuated online, had cost Australians an estimated $3.1bn in one year. That was an 80% increase on recorded 2021 losses. Clearly, these warnings require serious attention.