ASIC Takes Down More Than 7,000 Phishing, Investment Scam Websites in Just 12 Months

Published on August 21, 2024

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken down more than 7,000 phishing and investment scam websites within the 12-month period since it launched its investment scam disruption operation, the regulator announced in an Aug. 19 press release.  Since July 2023—when it partnered with the National Anti-Scam Centre on the scam fusion cell—ASIC has coordinated the removal of more than 5,530 fake investment platform scams, 1,065 phishing scam hyperlinks, and 615 cryptocurrency investment scams, it said. The government agency said the websites sought to “swindle” consumers out of their personal information and included fake entities offering investment and cryptocurrency scams through sham trading platforms....

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