NBN scams on the rise as Australian fleeced of $500,000

Scammers posing to be from the National Broadband Network are fleecing consumers of an average $110,000 a month according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 

ACCC acting chair Delia Rickard tells ABC's Peter Ryan that more than $500,000 has been scammed so far this year, an increase of 300 percent on 2018.