National Anti-Scam Centre Set to Open in July as Australians Lose Billions to Scams

National Anti-Scam Centre Set to Open in July as Australians Lose Billions to Scams
A record 2.7m online scams were taken down last year by the National Cyber Security Centre Dominic Lipinski/PA
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The federal government will spend $58 million (US$38.64 million) to establish a new National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), which is set to open in July.

Created as a pathway to gather all expertise and resources together to devise ways to prevent scammers from contacting Australians in the first place, it will be overseen by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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