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Overview for week four Protect Your Identity for the
Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Campaign
March 2007
Identity crime overview
Identity crime is an issue of critical concern to the Australian and State and Territory Governments, and the private sector. The misuse of false or stolen identities underpins terrorist and criminal activity and undermines border and citizenship controls, as well as efforts to combat terrorist financing and financial crime. It is currently estimated that identity crime costs Australia more than $1 billion annually.
Having your identity stolen can be devastating both financially and emotionally.
Re-establishing relationships of trust with banks, government authorities, businesses, and throughout the community is costly, time consuming and emotionally trying. Victims of identity theft can often spend years and thousands of dollars trying to restore their good names and credit ratings.
Strengthening Australias identity security processes is vital to protecting Australian citizens against the theft or misuse of their identities. And you can help. By introducing some practical precautions into your everyday life, you can take an active role in reducing the risk that your identity may be stolen.
1-2-3 Steps for Protecting Consumers Identity
The following are the 1-2-3 steps to advise consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft:
1. Never give out personal information to someone you dont know or trust.
2. Dont just bin it - destroy old bills, records, or expired cards.
3. Check your credit report at least once a year.
Further prevention strategies are contained in the Australian Governments National
Identity theft prevention and response kit. Copies of the kit can be ordered by calling
(02) 6250 6711 or viewed online at www.crimeprevention.gov.au under information
resources.
What are Australian Governments doing to prevent identity crime?
On 14 April 2005, the Australian Government announced the development of the
National Identity Security Strategy (NISS). This strategy was endorsed by COAG on
27 September 2005 as a key whole-of-government initiative.
The NISS aims to strengthen identity security through rigorous enrolment and
authentication processes while ensuring personal privacy. The national strategy is
based on a cross-jurisdictional, whole-of-government approach to maximise its
effectiveness and interoperability across all governments.
The key objectives of the strategy include:
improved standards and procedures for enrolment and registration including identifying key Proof of Identity (POI) documents to be used by all
appropriate organisations for the purposes of identifying and registering clients for services;
enhancing the security features on these documents to reduce the risk of incidence of forgery;
establishing mechanisms to enable organisations to verify the data on key POI documents provided by clients when registering for services;
improving the accuracy of personal identity information held on organisations databases;
enabling greater confidence in the authentication of individuals using online services; and
providing appropriate legislative support.
Further information on identity crime and the NISS can be found at
www.crimeprevention.gov.au under identity crime.
Background to the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce
Consumer scams are crimes of dishonesty such as forgery, counterfeiting, on-line deception, and theft that are targeted at people who seek to purchase goods and services. Potential victims can be those who use fixed line or mobile phones, computers and the Internet, older people, and those who use professional advisers.
As part of a whole of Government approach to combat consumer fraud and scams targeted at consumers, the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce was established in March 2005 and comprises governmental regulatory agencies and departments in Australia and New Zealand with a role in consumer protection.
The four-week campaign, from March 5 31, is designed by the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce to help people protect themselves from scams.
The overall campaign theme is SCAMS TARGET YOU PROTECT YOURSELF and the specific theme for the fourth week of the campaign is 'Protect Your Identity.
Agencies participating in the Taskforce are:
Australian Government: Attorney Generals Department; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Australian Competition & Consumer Commission; Australian Federal Police (represented by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre); Australian Institute of Criminology; Australian Securities & Investment Commission; and the Department of Communications, Information Technology & the Arts.
New Zealand Government: NZ Commerce Commission; Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
State and Territory Governments: All State and Territory Police jurisdictions, Australian Capital Territory Office of Fair Trading; Consumer Affairs Victoria; New South Wales Office of Fair Trading; Northern Territory Department of Justice; Queensland Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development; South Australia Office of Consumer & Business Affairs; Tasmania Office of Consumer Affairs & Fair Trading; Western Australia Department of Consumer & Employment Protection.
Taskforce partners
Taskforce members are joined in communicating with Australian consumers about scams by a range of community, non-Government and private sector organisations. Visit HYPERLINK "http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/partners.asp" \o "http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/partners.asp" http://www.scamwatch.gov.au for a list of Taskforce partners.
Consumers who think theyve spotted a scam can check the SCAMWatch website at HYPERLINK "http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/" www.scamwatch.gov.au which has detailed information about scams, or report a scam on 1300 795 995.
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