Hi, I'm Michael Cliff, Scams Expert.
Today on this episode of 'Scams? No Way, Go Away!' we are gonna focus on two types of scams.
But first of all, let me introduce you to the two people
that are gonna help me demonstrate these different types of scams.
Chelsea and Abigail.
We've got door-to-door scams and telephone scams.
I'm gonna explain to you, on narrations that might pause a bit,
why they scam, and why you should avoid these people,
and hopefully you will be a scam expert, and not fall for any of these.
Hi there. My name's Chelsea, I'm from Vacuums and Things.
We sell vacuums, we sell mops, we sell brooms.
Right now I'm just going door-to-door with my man in the car there,
we're selling a special offer today, only today,
we will offer to clean your car, in only an hour...
...and it'll only charge you fifty dollars.
Obviously there will be a bit of a rate afterwards, but fifty dollars if you would like to take this...
...Um, what do you, what do you say about it?
Yeah, I think it looks good.
Um, yeah, I can give it a go,
so, are you sure you can't um come back tomorrow maybe though?
Oh, ho ho, no, no, no. This is a once in a lifetime offer, um,
only today it's a little promo we're doing just for the launch of our new products,
obviously the vacuum.
If you want to buy it, it's always in the booklet.
So I'll get with the boys? Yep? Alright.
Hey! Lads!
That's a scam. What is so suspicious about this?
We're selling a special offer today, only today.
She keeps repeating 'only today' which is a very unrealistic offer.
And it'll only charge you fifty dollars.
Fifty dollars? Seems a bit too good to be true.
Obviously, there will be a bit of a rate afterwards.
Nup. There it is. It's not just fifty dollars, it's more.
Alright, let's move onto phone scams.
Hi there. My name's Chelsea.
Is this Abigail?
Yeah, well I'm from the, Melbourne Bank
and I'm just calling to let you know that we believe your credit card details have been stolen.
So, I know. Nothing really happens like this at our bank.
But, um, I'm just gonna have to get some confirmation on your credit card account details for further investigation.
Yep. No, no, this is all, this is all, I'm at the at the office right now.
Ah, just if you, if I could check right now if you just gave me your details.
That was three, five, yep, yep, alright.
Thank you very much. That's how it's done.
That's a scam. What was suspicious about this?
I'm from the, Melbourne Bank.
Where's the proof?
Confirmation on your credit card account details for further investigation.
Confirmation over the phone? No. Banks don't do that.
Remember, don't give passwords or codes to strangers.
You could be scammed.
So I hope you've enjoyed that episode and learnt more about scams than you previously knew.
I hope now that I've saved you from potentially getting into some bad situations.
My name was Michael Cliff,
and this was 'Scams? No Way, Go Away!'