Reporting a scam in Australia

First hour, in order

Call your bank. Call your bank immediately using the number on your card or in your banking app.
Stop paying. No fee, tax or "release payment" ever unlocks money that does not exist.
Screenshot everything before you delete an app, block a number or close an account.
Then report using the routes below. Reporting is slower than the bank call, and less urgent — but it is what produces enforcement.

Australia has several reporting bodies and the National Anti-Scam Centre now stitches their data together. Scamwatch is the general route; ReportCyber is the one to use when money has actually gone; IDCARE gives you a human case manager.

Where to report

Scamwatch (National Anti-Scam Centre)

Open the reporting page

Also worth using

ReportCyber
For cybercrime, including where money was taken. Generates a report police can act on.
IDCARE
Free identity and cyber support service for Australia and New Zealand. Case managers, not just a form.
ASIC
Investment scams and unlicensed financial services.

If your identity was used

IDCARE is the route for identity misuse: new accounts opened in your name, credit taken out, documents copied.

What not to do

Do not pay anyone to recover your money. No legitimate service charges an up-front fee to get stolen funds back, and people who have just been scammed are the primary market for recovery scams.
Do not use contact details the scammer gave you — not the phone number, not the "support" chat, not a link in a message. Look the agency up yourself.
Do not delete the evidence. Apps, chats, wallet addresses and transaction IDs are what make a report actionable.
Do not send one more payment. This is where most of the largest losses happen.

Sources

Agency names, URLs and phone numbers were checked on 2026-09-06. Government contact details do change — if something here is wrong, please tell us.

Report a scam. National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC). Accessed 2026-09-06.
Report a cybercrime. Australian Signals Directorate. Accessed 2026-09-06.