Chris lost almost $100,000 to swindlers who took over his computer and made him a prisoner in his own home after claiming to be from the NBN. Unfortunately, these stories are becoming increasingly common.
"Friday comes and by this time, I've had enough and I just said, 'look, I'm going out'.""I needed to go to the bank, I went to the bank and I was given a statement and that's where we discovered that $100,000 approximately has been taken."
"I'm told in very blunt terms, the money's been paid out through bill-pay to a Westpac bank account, and it's all gone, bad luck."Mr Litchfield said he always thought he was aware of swindlers and what they could do. "Banks are rushing headlong towards digitisation and artificial intelligence and these sorts of scams are only going to increase because Australia has not got a very good track record of cyber security.The 72-year-old, who had a $1,000 transaction limit on the account, said he was still seeking answers from the Bank of Queensland.Mr Litchfield was the victim of what was known as a remote access scam, which claimed 60 victims in WA in 2022, a significant increase on the previous year.
"But there's a flip side to that, and the flip side is you need to be wary of people trying to take advantage.The biggest reported single losses in WA were $800,000 to a romance scam in May 2022, and $732,000 to phishing in April.
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