Reporting fraud

Cybercrime

If you are a victim of a cybercrime, you should report the matter quickly via Report Cyber, so that it can be referred to the right law enforcement agency to investigate. Reporting a cybercrime online via ACSC is simple. You will need to answer some questions about what happened - these should take about 10 to 15 minutes.

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Fraud

If you are a victim of fraud please read and complete the following form. It will be required to assess and possibly investigate your complaint.

Step One - 
Complete the Qld Police Fraud Report Form (PDF) and print it out.

Step Two - 
You will need to take this completed form and documentation to your local police station.
(Note: If you have consulted a legal practitioner, they can help prepare the information.)

Step Three - 
If your report is assessed and it is appropriate that the QPS investigates it, the information will be placed on the QPS case management system called QPRIME.  You will be provided a report number starting with QP………. which you will need to quote in any future correspondence.

Please be aware that the criminal law is not about recovering money for the victim. That is the aim of the civil law.

In many instances where people lose money it is not criminal, but civil, particularly when involving breaches of contract, or non-payment of debts. Police cannot investigate civil matters and are unable to recover money.

Police investigate criminal matters, to place evidence before a court. Civil action is the most appropriate method of recovering money.  If you want to take civil action, speak to the Clerk of the Local Court (see Courthouses contacts - Queensland Courts) or a solicitor.

If QPS does investigate the complaint, the Financial and Cyber Crime Group may not necessarily be the appointed investigators. It is most likely that it will be referred to detectives in the area where the offence of fraud has occurred.

Keep your QP number in a safe place.