+ From January 2020 to July 2024, there have been 18,714
+ reported social media scams affecting young adults in
+ Australia. Comparing the whole year of 2023 and 2022,
+ reported scams increased by about 21%. The scam reported
+ peak is in January 2023, with 621 scams reported in just
+ a month.
+
+
+ Although the number of scam reports gradually decreased
+ from then, the monthly reported scams in 2024 are still
+ around 300.
+
+
+ If the scam is an unexploded boom without a trend for us
+ to prevent, how will scams influence the digital era if
+ we don’t have related knowledge to take proper action?
+
+
+
+ User Guide:
+ {' '}
+ Scroll to the left to discover the trend of social media
+ scams that have occurred with young adults since 2020;
+ hover over the graph to find the number of scams in each
+ month and throughout the whole period.
+
+ This word cloud highlights the most common words
+ scammers use to make their messages sound personal,
+ urgent, or convincing. These words are designed to trick
+ you into responding or taking action based on false
+ promises.
+
+
+ Have you ever received a message that seemed too good to
+ be true? Did it make you pause and wonder if you might
+ get easy money, or did it leave you feeling unsure?
+ Scammers use these tricks to either get you to pay for
+ something or steal your personal information.
+
+
+ Take a look at the word cloud. Can you spot the types of
+ scams that appear most often?
+
Filter by year
+ +
+ The sunburst chart shows the top 5 scams by the
+ number of reports, with each section showing their
+ percentage and sub-types.
+
+
+ Buying or Selling scams are the
+ most common, making up over 44% of the total and
+ over 427 reports within 2024.
+ Online Shopping Scams being the
+ largest sub-type at around 41% and having 1369
+ reports over the years.
+
+
+ Meanwhile, The smallest section,{' '}
+ Mobile Premium Service Scams, only
+ contributes about 1% which also among the{' '}
+ Buying or Selling.{' '}
+ Personal Information scams are the
+ second-largest, with 1643 reports all over the year.{' '}
+ Investment Scams in the same time
+ treated as the main sub-type.
+
+
+ This highlights how common online shopping scams and
+ personal data fraud are becoming.
+
+ While the top 5 most frequent scams align with the top 5
+ scams causing the most financial loss, their patterns
+ have some differences.
+
+
+ In 2024, the top 5 scams alone accounted for
+ approximately AUD 3,003,916 in losses, representing
+ about 94.74% of the total amount lost on social media
+ scams with young adults. Among these years, investment
+ scams have the highest financial impact, making up 50.4%
+ of the total losses, followed by dating and romance
+ scams, which account for around 17.4%.
+
+
+ The different patterns from the number of reports and
+ money loss indicate that no matter which type of scam
+ you are facing, the potential loss can accumulate into a
+ vast amount and continuously influence our daily lives.
+
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