'Scambassadors' are saving Aussies everywhere, but who are they?

Dubbed "scambassadors" these everyday people have saved their loved ones from becoming victims and it's a mantle that is being embraced by millennials.

Research from YouGov, released by ING, showed 94% of millennial "scambassadors" felt "confident in their ability to help loved ones identify and avoid scams".

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed nearly 2.5% of the population was scammed in 2022-2023.

One such victim turned that experience into a mission to educate others. The 26 year old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, was one of the estimated 514,300 people across the country scammed in the past year.

She received a suspicious text from an unknown number that claimed money had been taken from her account and to click a link if it wasn't her. She immediately suspected it was a scam and didn't engage.

However, when she called her bank to confirm her suspicions she discovered she had indeed been defrauded out of $400.

The experience had "unintentionally" led her to become the scam expert for her friends and family.

A few weeks after being scammed herself the woman's boyfriend fell victim to a similar fraud and she gave him advice based on her experience.

"I said 'have you spoken to your bank,'" she said.

"So he did the same thing as me and we obviously had a conversation about it."

In both cases the banks were able to get involved and resolve the issue.