China News Service, July 1st According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Perth, recently, the embassy received several Chinese citizens and international students who were scammed by telecommunications for help. Fraudsters modified the caller's number through technical means, posing as courier companies in Mandarin Call the party, lied that the customs intercepted the package containing the party's personal identification information, and forwarded the call to the "Public Security Bureau", and then the fraudster posing as a "police officer" intimidated the party and requested to send money to the designated account to "cooperate with the investigation" in order to "Dismiss the suspicion" and threaten the party "cannot disclose to anyone". After being intimidated, the parties transfer money to the fraudsters without verification and cause significant economic losses.
Here, the Consulate General in Perth once again reminds Chinese citizens and international students in Western Australia to be highly vigilant and prevent telecommunications fraud during the epidemic prevention and control period, such as receiving a self-proclaimed express company in Mandarin, China’s domestic public prosecution law, embassy, consulate, and If you are not familiar with incoming calls from the control center, don't believe or talk with each other. You should immediately hang up the phone and contact your family or our library for verification. If you accidentally transfer money to the scammers, you should call the local police immediately.
Australian police helpline: 131444,000 (emergency)
Consular Protection and Assistance Telephone: 08-92213729
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center Tel:
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