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国际诈骗集团瞄准西澳华人
[本报讯]澳洲反诈骗部门时常发送资料到报社，以告知近日本地盛行的诈骗手法。资料里的受害者，大多是澳洲西人，极少是本地华人。然而，近日有一名女性读者反馈，有国际诈骗集团正在瞄准西澳华人。她希望这些人的诈骗手法被曝光，不要再有人受骗。
这名女性读者表示，诈骗集团会用我们熟悉的语言致电本地华人，表示我们被邀请到东岸参加某个活动或演出，还会给我们一个票券号码。多数人是不会冒然买机票到东岸的，所以也不会真的有什么活动或演出。
诈骗集团数日后又会打电话来，表示虽然没出席活动，但我们的“票券号码”幸运地中奖了，奖金相当于16万澳币。诈骗集团会用很多方法，让受害者相信“上天是真的掉馅饼了”。
诈骗集团会给受害者许多伪造资料，让人相信他们是“实力雄厚”的财团或上市公司。他们还会给受害者网络用户名和密码，用以登陆诈骗集团精心设立的网站。受害者登陆后会发现，自己的“帐户”果然有一大笔钱在那。“现在要做的，就是要把这笔钱汇进澳洲银行”，诈骗集团会跟受害者要本地银行资料，谎称用于汇钱进受害者银行户口。
为了提高信赖度，诈骗集团成员还会扮作有急事暂停对话，把电话放在一旁。而电话那头，可以隐约听到有人对话，内容是“您的钱已经汇过去了……您打算怎样使用这笔钱呢？……哦，欢迎您来香港游玩……”。
当受害者觉得已经可以拿到大笔金钱时，他们会要求您支付约6000澳币的小额保证金。很遗憾，很多人因为贪念都不能及时发现这个骗局，送出了自己的金钱，最后什么也没得到。
该女性读者表示，她身边的朋友也接到类似的电话，看来这个诈骗集团正在把目标瞄准西澳华人。
澳洲政府设立了一个反诈骗的网站，上面有许多本国发生的案例，市民可以获得许多资料和帮助。
网站: www.scamwatch.gov.au
Telemarketing scam targeting Chinese community
SCAMwatch is warning members of Australia's Chinese community to beware of scammers posing as market researchers from Hong Kong.
SCAMwatch understands that scammers are cold-calling Australians with Asian-sounding names and asking them to participate in some market research. The scammers tell many stories, but often say they are considering opening new branches of their electrical, investment or travel businesses in Australia.
As a reward for participating, consumers are entered into a lucky draw with the chance to win great prizes. Several days later, the scammer contacts the consumer again to notify them that they have won a cash prize and tell them what they must do to claim it. Sometimes this involves checking a website or attending a function, but it nearly always involves making an upfront payment to have the prize money released. The payment could be to cover anything from taxes, to insurance, to legal fees.
But the scammers don't just ask for one upfront payment – they will continue to ask for more payments, only stopping when consumers realise they have been scammed. Unfortunately, many victims have already sent thousands of dollars and very personal details before they realise.
The scammers have already snared victims across the country and SCAMwatch urges you to warn your family, friends and colleagues who might be at risk. SCAMwatch has also issued this scam alert in Chinese to help raise awareness. While the scammers are reported to speak Mandarin and Cantonese, even if you speak fluent English, you could still be a target.
If you have received a prize offer and suspect it could be a scam, or if you have sent money to claim a prize which you now realise is a scam, you can report a scam through the SCAMwatch website or call the ACCC Infocentre on 1300 302 502.
Stay one step ahead of the scammers. Explore SCAMwatch to learn how to protect yourself from unexpected prize scams, upfront payment scams and other scams which can target you. |
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