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Earlier Fraud Awareness Initiatives
Fraud Awareness Month 2007
Fraud Awareness Month 2006
As part of a trans-Tasman approach to
combat consumer fraud and scams targeted at
consumers, the Australasian Consumer Fraud
Taskforce was established in March 2005 and
comprised 18 government regulatory agencies
and departments in Australia and New
Zealand.
Agencies participating in the Taskforce
were:
New Zealand Government: Commerce
Commission; Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
Australian Government: Attorney General’s
Department; Australian Bureau of Statistics;
Australian Communications and Media
Authority; Australian Competition & Consumer
Commission; Australian Federal Police
(represented by the Australian High Tech
Crime Centre; Australian Institute of
Criminology; Australian Securities &
Investment Commission; Department of
Communications, Information Technology & the
Arts
State and Territory Governments: Australian
Capital Territory – Office of Fair Trading;
Consumer Affairs Victoria; New South Wales –
Office of Fair Trading; Northern Territory –
Department of Justice; Queensland –
Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine
Industry Development; South Australia –
Office of Consumer & Business Affairs;
Tasmania – Office of Consumer Affairs & Fair
Trading; Western Australia – Department of
Consumer & Employment Protection.
Fraud Awareness Month 2007
The second Fraud Awareness Month took place in 2007. The campaign ran from 5th March 2007, through to the end of March.
The core campaign involved resource development, public relations aimed at encouraging media coverage, stakeholder engagement aimed at encouraging awareness raising activities and a paid advertising campaign.
A number of organisations also ran their own initiatives during the month.
The key messages of the campaign were backed up by directing consumers to
SCAMwatch for more information.
Each week of the campaign focused on a different topic, and the resources produced can be accessed below:
Media releases on each topic can be accessed below:
Fraud Awareness Month 2006
Fraud Awareness Month 2006 was New Zealand’s inaugural Fraud Awareness Initiative.
The initiative included a series of media releases
(listed below) and a paid advertising campaign which
resulted in media coverage.
The paid advertising and media coverage directed consumers to SCAMwatch for further information on how to protect themselves from scams.
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