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Scammers are using telephone calls, SMS messages and emails to take advantage of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

There has been a significant spike in reports about a new scam in Australia involving suspicious emails or SMS claiming to be from online gambling websites offering credit or in-game bonuses.

Optus has issued an apology to its customers who it says “received messages in error” after the company copped a $504,000 fine from the telecommunications regulator ACMA for breaching Australia’s spam laws.

Optus has been hit with a $504,000 fine by the telecommunications regulator ACMA for breaching Australia’s spam laws.

Sydney-based ValueAd Marketing has been formally warned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for sending out commercial SMSs without providing sufficient company contact information.

There’s some Christmas cheer for mobile phone users, with a new report showing the incidences of consumers receiving unexpectedly high bills has fallen from 33% to 19% since 2013 for post-paid mobile phones.