With the festive season nearly upon us, ‘tis the season for online scams

The Financial and Cyber Crime Group are reminding Queenslanders to be aware of Grinch-like scammers and be sure to stay alert to scams.

To help you stay in control online and have a merry, bright and fraud-free festive season, we will be sharing 12 common cyber scams at Christmas and how to avoid them over the next four weeks, including:

1. Bogus websites
2. Phishing scams
3. Parcel delivery scams
4. Fake sellers on online classifies/trading sites
5. Fake buyers on online classifies/trading sites
6. Puppy scams
7. Free gift card scams
8. Holiday scams
9. Impersonation scams
10. Fake charities or fundraising appeals
11. Romance scams
12. Remote access scams

Detective Inspector Vince Byrnes from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group said that scams occur all year round, but…