The cycle takes place three or four times before it finally actually closes. Mr Johnston said the reduction in romance scams indicated the information campaigns had worked. Within the past several months (at least three), every other time I attempt to close iTunes, it shuts down without problem and then immediately restarts itself without prompting. While there was a doubling of losses from employment and investment scams in 2017, the losses from dating and romance scams halved - from $4.1 million to $2.03 million. Overall losses to scams reported to Consumer Protection in 2017 dropped to $8.06 million from $9.03 million in 2016, but the number of victims increased to 398 from 372 the previous year. Speak to someone you trust about the scam call.Don't respond to numbers supplied in an automated call.Romance scams down What to do if you get a call like this: The scammer told him they were the wrong cards, but when he went back to Big W to buy more he saw a sign about the scams.Д¬onsumer Protection Minister Bill Johnston said retailers could do more to guard against the scams, by enforcing a policy of 'per customer limits' on iTunes gift card sales and educating their staff to question unusual and expensive purchases. Jacques, who did not want his surname published, said his 14-year-old grandson told him it was a scam, but he still bought $3,000 worth of cards. Jacques, 75, let what he thought was a Telstra technician have remote access to his computer so they could fix it. The scammers transferred the money from one account to another and told Colin to repay it by purchasing $3,000 in iTunes cards. 'They suggested they would deposit $4,000 into my bank account, at the same time they asked for access to my computer and I was gullible enough to believe them and gave them access,' said Colin, who did not want his last name used. One recent victim lost $11,300 after purchasing iTunes gift cards from Coles and Woolworths stores as part of a scam.Д¬olin, 89, bought $1,000 worth of iTunes cards when contacted from someone pretending to be a 'Telstra security agent'. They are then insisting the victims use iTunes gift cards as their preferred method of payment. The cold call scammers pretend they are from Telstra or the Australian Taxation Office and tell their targets they must pay an outstanding debt urgently, repay a credit that has appeared in their bank account or assist in catching a hacker who has accessed their bank account. From love bombing to amygdala hijack, these are the emotional traps to watch out for, according to identity security counsellor Suli Malet-Warden.

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