The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has seen a spike in tech support scam reports. In 2017, the ACCC received 8,685 remote access scam reports from victims whod collectively lost $2.4 million over the entire year. With four months remaining until the current year’s reporting period ends, the commission has received over 8,000 reports about remote access scams that have led to losses totaling $4 million. Remote access scams could be 2018’s biggest source of losses to Australians.”]