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national consumer affairs reporter Michael Atkin and the Specialist Reporting Team's Loretta Florance

Money mules are involved in the majority of scam reports, ACCC says

The scammers called Jenny on her unlisted landline. (ABC News: Loretta Florance)

Jenny was home alone in her kitchen preparing spaghetti bolognese when she received a phone call that has haunted her for the past two years.

"The landline rang — we have an unlisted number — he said he was from the Commonwealth Bank and he wanted to tell me that our accounts were not secure and our Visa card had suspicious transactions on it," she said.

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