We have been inundated with calls recently from scammers, many more than usual, including ones alleging I owe money to the “Australian Taxation Office”; ones that told me money was owed to me by a third-party insurer for a car crash I was “recently injured” in (which I wasn’t); and then came the gas comparison offer that was too good to be true.

Scammers are on the hunt, and consumers need to be aware. Credit:Shutterstock.com

We are all used to them, but between myself and my wife we have had 10 just last week.

We all know the drill.

Scammers call you. You tell them to go away. They hang up. Repeat.