How scammers are ripping off hard-working Novocastrians

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon talk about how the government is cracking down on scams. Picture by Peter Lorimer

A federal government crackdown on scams has resulted in a 29 per cent reduction in reported losses to scams in the past six months.

Despite that, Australians still lost more than $3 billion to scams in 2022.