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oth, or seeking more information. This<br />

equated to a victimisation rate of 2% of the<br />

population aged 15 years and over.<br />

Lotteries accounted for 84,<strong>10</strong>0 victims,<br />

representing a victimisation rate of 0.5% of the<br />

population aged 15 years and over. This was<br />

followed by pyramid schemes (70,900 victims<br />

or 0.4%) and phishing and related scams<br />

(57,800 victims or 0.4%). Note a person may<br />

have been a victim of more than one type of<br />

scam.<br />

Further Information<br />

Further information on the Personal Fraud<br />

Survey and the statistics obtained therein, can<br />

be obtained from Personal Fraud, <strong>Australia</strong>,<br />

2007 (4528.0).<br />

Chapter 13 — Crime and justice 439

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