NT Consumer Affairs (NTCA) is an independent office within the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice and aims to protect consumer interests by proactively providing awareness of a range of common issues affecting consumers. This is undertaken through a number of mediums such as social media posts and videos, attending community events and supplying promotional material through appropriate networks.

Sadly, scam activity in Australia is on the rise. The recent Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Targeting Scams 2021 report, highlighted losses of more than $2 billion by Australians. This staggering figure is the combined losses reported to Scamwatch, ReportCyber and 12 other financial and Government agencies. The report also shows that $110 million was lost to phone and text scams.

NTCA has recently received an increasing number of reports from vulnerable people and other organisations about community members being targeted by scammers, particularly through phone and text scams.

In response to this ever increasing scam activity, NTCA has developed a number of posters warning vulnerable Territorians about romance and other scams. As we are limited in our ability to physically visit the many regional and remote communities in the NT, we are asking for your assistance to spread the warning of scams to our vulnerable population. We encourage your organisation to help protect Territorians by actively displaying these posters and if possible, warning people about scams.