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Scams up 8.8% - Australians are getting scammed 8.8% more, year over year.

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Average loss in the thousands - Australians who got scammed lost an average of $6,471.

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8. Betting & sports investment schemes - Aussies lost $1,750,033 to betting & sports investment schemes.

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7. Threats to life, arrest or other - Aussies lost $2,300,625 to threats to life, arrest or other, according to the statistics. 

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6. Remote access scams - Aussies lost $2,442,234 to remote access scams.

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5. Inheritance scams - Aussies lost $2,768,972 to inheritance scams.

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4. False billing - Aussies lost $2,796,980 to false billing.

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Up 323% - Losses from false billing scams in Australia have more quadrupled over the past year.

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3. Upfront payment and advanced fee frauds - Aussies lost $4,148,089 to upfront payment and advanced fee frauds.

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Down 36% - Losses from upfront payment schemes are down by more than a third.

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2. Dating and romance - Aussies lost $42,082,955 to dating and romance scams.

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Down 19% - Losses from dating and romance scams are down by nearly a fifth.

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1. Investment scams - Aussies lost $64,620,952 to investment scams.

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Up 32% - Losses from investment scams are up by nearly a third.

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18 to 24-years old: Least likely - Young adults made up only 3% of all scam victims in Australia.

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23 to 34-years-old: Second-least likely - Scammers weren't very likely to target 23 to 34-year-olds, with the demographic making up 9% of all victims.

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35 to 44-years-old: Average - The mid-30s to mid-40s range of Aussies made up 14% of all scam victims.

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45 to 54-years-old: Third-most likely - Over a fifth, 22%, of all scam victims in Australia were aged 45 to 54-years-old.

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55–64-years-old: Most likely - Middle-aged Australians were the most-targeted demographic, with 29% of all scams affecting 55–64-year-olds.

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65-years-old and up: Second-most likely - Seniors were the second most likely to be a victim of a scam, with 23% of all scams affecting over-65-year-olds.

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Aussie men: Scammed nearly twice as much - Australian men lost $51,371,588 to scams in one year, far more than Australian women.

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Aussie women: Scammed 25% less - Australian women lost $37,908,289 to scams in one year, making up approximately 75% of what men are scammed.

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Men more lose to investing - Men were most likely to get scammed in an investment heist, losing $22.8 million to shady scammers. 

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Women lose more to dating and romance - Women were most likely to get scammed in a dating and romance scheme, losing $12.7 million to those types of schemes. 

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Phone scams: Most common - The most common type of scam is over the phone, making up 40% of all scams.

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Email scams: Second-most common - Email scams made up 31% of all scams.

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Test scams: least - Text message scams made up 12% of all scams.

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Online scams - When including email, social media, mobile apps and internet, online scams made up 42% of all scams.

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2017 highest since 2012 - The past year was the highest rate of losses from scams in Australia since 2012 and the second-highest since 2009.

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