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Scam Victim Alliance advocates for harm redUCtion, ideas & innovation to stop financial crime & scams
SVA Speaks out about scam prevention framework codes
Scam Victim Alliance has 6 key recommendations to stop public policy entrenching the harm of scams in response to Treasury’s SPF codes and designations.
SVA Calls for a Mandated Right to Pay in Cash to stay safe in the digital economy
Scam Victim Alliance urges Treasury to maintain cash as a protected pathway for consumers to transact safely.
Scam survivors urge lawmakers to close crypto loopholes
Scam Victim Alliance urges Treasury to mandate reimbursement, fund asset recovery, and expand crypto regulation, warning that reform without restitution fails victims and emboldens financial criminals.
Survivors Call for Fraud-Proof Payment Reform
The Scam Victim Alliance submission to the Reserve Bank
Economic reform roundtable submission
The Scam Victim Alliance advocates for 5 key reforms to reduce the financial and emotional harm experienced by people who fall victim to cyber-enabled deceptions and crime.
Money laundering submission from SVA
SVA advocates for scam victims to be able to check that financial intelligence agencies have received appropriate suspicious matter reports from financial institutions after financial crime or money laundering.
Financial complaints rule change submission from SVA
Financial complaints bodies need stronger powers to hear complaints against receiving banks. This is what Scam Victim Alliance asks complaint schemes to consider.
Complaint Scheme Reform
7 point election commitment paper
Before Scam Victim Alliance formalised as a not-for-profit, we asked politicians standing in the federal election what they would do for scam victims.
Election Commitment PaperSVA Speaks out about scam prevention framework codes
Scam Victim Alliance has 6 key recommendations to stop public policy entrenching the harm of scams in response to Treasury’s SPF codes and designations.
Scam survivors urge lawmakers to close crypto loopholes
Scam Victim Alliance urges Treasury to mandate reimbursement, fund asset recovery, and expand crypto regulation, warning that reform without restitution fails victims and emboldens financial criminals.
Money laundering submission from SVA
SVA advocates for scam victims to be able to check that financial intelligence agencies have received appropriate suspicious matter reports from financial institutions after financial crime or money laundering.
7 point election commitment paper
Before Scam Victim Alliance formalised as a not-for-profit, we asked politicians standing in the federal election what they would do for scam victims.
Election Commitment PaperSVA Calls for a Mandated Right to Pay in Cash to stay safe in the digital economy
Scam Victim Alliance urges Treasury to maintain cash as a protected pathway for consumers to transact safely.
Survivors Call for Fraud-Proof Payment Reform
The Scam Victim Alliance submission to the Reserve Bank
Economic reform roundtable submission
The Scam Victim Alliance advocates for 5 key reforms to reduce the financial and emotional harm experienced by people who fall victim to cyber-enabled deceptions and crime.
Financial complaints rule change submission from SVA
Financial complaints bodies need stronger powers to hear complaints against receiving banks. This is what Scam Victim Alliance asks complaint schemes to consider.
Complaint Scheme Reformcampaigns for change
Secure identities, end impersonation
Impersonation is too easy. Digital Trust Exchange was supposed to be live at the beginning of 2025 - hurry up!
End mule bank accounts
Stop banks and payment platforms enabling mule bank, crypto and foreign currency exchange accounts.
Stop money laundering
Money laundering helps scammers turn illegal profits into "clean" money that looks legal. Stop placement and layering of scammed money across borders.
scam victim alliance advocacy
We support reform and innovation to improve outcomes for victims of deception, fraud and scams1.stop mule accounts & money laundering
Banks, regulators and law-enforcement must unite to stop the mule bank account getaway cars stealing scammed money for transnational criminal groups who identify as legitimate business people.
2. trauma-informed support for victims
From dealing with law enforcement to seeking justice from banks, regulators and complaints bodies, victims urgently need trained, trauma-informed responders to stop perpetuating the harm a cyber-enabled crime victim experiences.
3. slow down! fix bank transfers
Large transactions like term deposits, retirement-savings rollovers and home purchases used to be protected by slower payment systems. Electronic payments have no such protections - slow them down to 48 hours!
4. an accountable money trail for victims
Financial institutions must be transparent about why they cannot recover scammed funds and stop forcing victims to fund expensive civil court discovery processes to find out what happened to their stolen money. Financial intelligence agencies need to match scammed and stolen funds with suspicious matter reports so victims are assured their stolen money is not adding to the global harms of cyber-enabled crime.
5. abolish the epayment code’s ludicrous idea that victims authorise their scam
Consumer laws and protections against financial harms have been undermined by payment rules built for a different age. The concepts of ‘mistaken payment’ and ‘authorised payment’ need urgent re-examination.
6. deception and impersonation are crimes
The crimes of identity theft, fraud, obtaining funds by deception and money laundering are embedded in criminal law, yet complaint pathways often ignore this. Ending deceptive practices exploited across technology, social media, telco and government-issued identity documents will help end the scourge of industrial-scale scamming.
7. names and account numbers must match
Financial institutions and payment platforms must be accountable for exact matches between names and account numbers in the same way they are when a BSB number is incorrect.