Staying safe from scams and fraud.

There’s been a rise in phishing activity across the financial services industry in recent times as cybercriminals look for new ways to steal confidential information. To help safeguard your details, we’ve included some tips on how to protect yourself and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed.

How to protect yourself from email and sms phishing.

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What to do if you think you’ve been scammed.

If you think you’ve entered your Afterpay details into a phishing site, let us know what happened as soon as you can. Include as much detail as possible, such as a screenshot of any suspicious information and the communication you received.

If you have received a SMS verification or email message from Afterpay that you have not triggered, you can safely ignore this.

If you’d like more information about phishing or updates on the latest threats, visit the Australian Government’s Scamwatch here.

Visit a helpful resource to report cyber crime to the Australian Cyber Security Centre here.

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Proudly compliant.

Afterpay is committed to protecting account information.
The below outlines the certification Afterpay has in place to ensure our customer and merchant data is safe.

Afterpay Limited is a PCI-DSS Level 1 certified Service Provider organisation.


PCI-DSS is a comprehensive set of requirements created by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to ensure cardholder data security.


By receiving data directly from our customers, Afterpay Limited acknowledges that this means the organisation has responsibilities for ensuring the secure handling of customer cardholder data for the Afterpay services.


Afterpay Limited does not receive cardholder data from our merchants. Merchants may have PCI-DSS responsibilities that are independent of the Afterpay Merchant Agreement process.


It is the Merchant’s sole responsibility to remain informed of their PCI-DSS obligations and compliance status. Afterpay Attestation of Compliance (AOC) is available to merchants and partners on request and under a NDA. Afterpay’s Privacy Policy is available here.


Afterpay Limited is an ISO/IEC 27001 certified organisation. ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard that requires organisations to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an information security management system.

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