CANBERRA, ACT, April 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police, ANZ and NAB.

Editor's note: Audio grabs from Commander Marshall available via Hightail

Don't be an inadvertent April Fool. That's the message from authorities this 1 April, as new data reveals Australians lost more than $11 million to online banking impersonators in 2024*.

The AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JCP3) is working closely with Australian banking partners to combat a rise in bank impersonation scams, as online fraudsters continue to fleece the community.

In 2024, ScamWatch received 190,592 impersonation scam reports, costing more than $181 million. Of ...