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Message from Christina & Shannon (Westpac Guest Speakers)
Hello Forresters beach Probus Club members
Thank you for inviting us to join your probus meeting today to discuss scam awareness and prevention.
As promised here are some additional support resources that you could
use to further your understanding of scam prevention and share with
members who were unable to join us today.
We strongly believe in continuous improvement of our sessions and
welcome any feedback your members may have, please email feedback to
gpseducation@westpac.com.au
Available resource Summary
Little Black Book of Scams Publication
https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/the-little-black-book-of-scams
Booklet created by the ACCC that contains an overview of scam type,
protection tips as and further support information. You can view online
with the option to download & print
Scam Watch https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
Provides information to consumers and small businesses about how to
recognise, avoid and report scams. Report a Scam (report to bank first
if you have experienced financial loss) Sign up for scam
alerts
ID Care https://www.idcare.org/
IDCARE is Australia and New Zealand’s national identity & cyber support service.
The service is the only one of its type in the world. They help
thousands of Australian and New Zealand individuals and organisations
reduce the harm they experience from the compromise and misuse of their
identity information by providing effective response and
mitigation. Service is provided free of charge
https://www.cyber.gov.au/ The
ACSC leads the Australian Government’s efforts to improve cyber security and its role is to:
Assist in helping make Australia the safest place to connect online;
Monitor cyber threats across the globe;
Provide advice and information about how to protect individuals and businesses online; and
Provide clear and timely advice when there is a cyber security incident
to individuals, small to medium business, big business and critical
infrastructure operators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUz5uurZsQ&feature=youtu.be
Insight – Financial Scams (viewing
via SBS on demand) 1hour episode Season 2019 Episode 19 25 June 2019
Australians have reportedly been scammed out of a massive $634 million
in 2019 with investment scams and romance scams topping the chart and
this is only the tip of the iceberg. This episode demonstrates how
Australians have been caught up or impacted by scams.
Click Here for
Westpac's Financial Abuse Support Guide
Financial abuse is more common than you would think with thousands of
cases occurring across Australia every year. It affects people of all
cultural, financial and social backgrounds. That’s why we are here to
help with the tools and information on how to help keep you safe
Keeping in Touch during these trying times
To help members keep in touch now that our meetings and events have been cancelled, we have created our own Facebook page that all members are encouraged to join. Simply search Facebook for Forresters Beach Probus and request to join the group. Bard
has made the first post explaining the purpose of the group. The
Website will continue to be updated but the Facebook group allows for
two way communication during this difficult time.
For those members not on Facebook, you will first need to
create a Facebook account. This can be done by visiting Facebook.com
with your internet browser and providing a name and either email
address or mobile phone number.
EFT Payments
Changes have been made to the process for making an EFT payment to the Club.
All Events will be assigned a 3 character code and this must be used when making an EFT payment to the Club.
Members need to enter this code together with their surname in the payment description e.g. 220 Thomas. EFT Codes will be shown for every Club Event advertised on the website.
Please only pay for one event in a payment or reconciliation becomes very difficult.
Please DO NOT email Treasurer or Convenor regarding an EFT payment as the Treasurer will notify the Convenor based on the Code entered.
No receipts will be issued by the Club for EFT payments. Your receipt will be your entry on your Bank Statement.
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