We read a lot of scam reports and safety guidance so you don't have to. Most of it isn't worth your time, it's recycled or written for a general audience that doesn't quite match Sfinco's. These five are the exception, straight from the people who actually collect the data or run the support services. Have a look yourself, we're just pointing the way.
Targeting Scams, National Anti-Scam Centre
The official annual report behind most of the scam statistics you'll see quoted elsewhere in Australia. It breaks losses down by scam type, age group, and contact method, which is where a lot of the "why older Australians specifically" numbers actually come from.
Read it at scamwatch.gov.au →ACCC media release on 2025 scam losses
A shorter, plainer summary of the same data if the full report feels like heavy going. Useful for a quick sense of where losses are actually happening this year, and where they're trending up.
Read it at accc.gov.au →"Online scams are an ongoing threat", National Seniors Australia
Written by and for the exact age group Sfinco is built around, drawing on National Seniors' own member survey rather than a general population sample. Worth reading for the tone alone, respectful, not alarmist.
Read it at nationalseniors.com.au →None of this is Sfinco's research. It's other people doing good work, and it deserves an audience beyond their own site.
Keep Scam SAFE, National Seniors Australia
A practical, ongoing campaign rather than a one-off article, with a simple framework for pausing before acting on anything unexpected. Good to bookmark and revisit rather than read once.
Read it at nationalseniors.com.au →"Australians are dodging scams but losing more money", Information Age
A genuinely interesting angle from the Australian Computer Society's publication: people are getting better at spotting scams overall, but the ones that get through are costing more. Worth reading for that nuance alone.
Read it at ia.acs.org.au →More where that came from
The Free Resources page keeps a shorter, permanent shortlist of the tools and services worth knowing about, separate from these one-off reading recommendations.