[Year 12 IT Apps] scams

[Anderson, Stuart L]

I found the following website whilst trying to figure out why a company based in Delaware would be alerting me that I'd won"$500 in woolworths petrol vouchers"
 
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
 
Most of it is common sense - but of course the problem with common sense is that it's not that common!

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