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Investment scams warning: signs to look for

Consumer Rights Sep 29, 2026Investment scams warning: signs to look for

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Consumer Rights · Scam Alert · September 29, 2026

Key Facts

  • commbank.com.au issued a new alert: Investment scams warning: signs to look for
  • Know who you’re dealing with An investment scam is when a scammer convinces you to put your money into an investment that isn’t what it claims to be, with the aim of stealing your money.
  • How it reaches victims: WhatsApp message.
  • Tactics the source describes: Asks for money; impersonates a trusted organization.

Investment scams warning: signs to look for. Know who you’re dealing with An investment scam is when a scammer convinces you to put your money into an investment that isn’t what it claims to be, with the aim of stealing your money. Almost $110 million in investment scam losses was reported to Scamwatch in the first eight months of 2026 – more than half of all reported scam losses and almost six times the losses from the next highest scam type. These scams can look convincing, and they can happen when you’re simply looking for a way to grow your savings or make some extra money.[1]

Video from commbank.com.au’s original report, one of this story’s cited sources — “Investment scams: the warning signs”.

What the Scam Looks Like

How it reaches you: WhatsApp message
What commbank.com.au reports scammers do
  • An investment scam is when a scammer convinces you to put your money into an investment that isn’t what it claims to be, with the aim of stealing your money.
  • Almost $110 million in investment scam losses was reported to Scamwatch in the first eight months of 2026 – more than half of all reported scam losses and almost six times the losses from the next highest scam type.
  • These scams can look convincing, and they can happen when you’re simply looking for a way to grow your savings or make some extra money.
  • CommSec Head of Media and Markets Gillian Bowen said scammers use tactics ranging from AI-generated celebrity deepfakes to social media and messaging groups promising big stock returns.
  • They also impersonate trusted financial brands.
  • "We're also seeing scammers impersonate CommSec.
  • Sometimes it can look quite real.
  • Asks for money
  • Impersonates a trusted organization
commbank.com.au does not publish the exact wording of the whatsapp message, so none is shown. The sentences above are the source’s own description, not a transcript.

How to Protect Yourself

  • Do not send money because of an unexpected call, text, or email. Hang up and contact the agency or person yourself using a number you look up independently.
  • Contact the organization directly using a phone number or website you look up yourself, not one provided in the message.

How to Verify This Yourself

Read the original alert directly at commbank.com.au — that page is the primary source for everything above.

References

  1. commbank.com.au. Investment scams warning: signs to look for. ↩

Investigative methodology: this update was produced by scripts/scam_monitor.py from a real commbank.com.au alert — not a language model. The quoted text above is verbatim from the source; any message or description shown in the illustration is quoted or copied from the source itself (see its caption); when the source does not publish the scam’s wording, none is shown or invented. Protection tips are matched from a fixed keyword list, not generated per story.

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