China News Service, December 17th. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Australia, telecom fraud has been showing a high incidence in Australia.
Recently, the Embassy in Australia noticed that criminals pretended to be officials of the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Australia, domestic public security and legal departments, international express delivery companies, etc. to commit telecommunications fraud against Chinese citizens in Australia and create "virtual kidnapping" scams.
In order to prevent Chinese citizens from being deceived in Australia and avoid personal injury and property damage, the Chinese Embassy in Australia reminds the following:
1. Telephone fraud is a common method used by criminals.
If you receive an answering call, the person on the phone claims that the official agency is conducting an epidemic prevention investigation, telling you that it is involved in illegal entry with a fake passport, a domestic bank card money laundering case, and you have uncollected parcels at the embassy or consulate. Follow the prompts to transfer labor Services, etc., this is a common trick used by fraudsters, and you must hang up the phone decisively without hesitation.
Second, fraudulent calls are mostly automatically dialed by dial-up software or number simulation software.
Make the caller number displayed as the number of the embassy and consulate in Australia, the domestic public security department, the international express company, and the Australian government department. If the callback function is used, it will be connected to the number of the fraudster and fall into the next scam.
3. The Chinese Embassy or Consulate in Australia will not notify the parties that there are important documents or parcels that need to be picked up, or cases involving domestic cases need to be processed, and will not ask for your bank account information or ask you to transfer money, and will not be on the phone The recording indicates that his call has been transferred to the domestic public security, procuratorate and law agency, and the receiver will not be required to call back any phone number for further contact.
4. The Chinese and Australian police will not use WeChat, QQ, whatsapp, tiktok, telegram, etc. to investigate cases. The police officer ID held by fraudsters is also a fake ID synthesized by image editing software.
5. Special attention is drawn to the fact that the frauds of criminals have been carefully designed to use the psychological tension and fear of the target object. When the target object is deeply locked up, in extreme tension, panic or even brain confusion, it is then used as an excuse to help. Propose solutions related to money, and on the grounds of security and confidentiality, require the target object to isolate from contact with the outside world, and only contact the criminals in a single line to create "virtual kidnapping".
6. Please be highly vigilant of the above traps. In case of relevant circumstances, please stay calm and report to the local police station in time, or call the police for help at 131444, or log on to the ACCC website to report fraud.
Involving the leakage of personal information, you can seek help from IDCARE (National Identity and Cyber Support Service), tel: 1300432273.
7. If you are unfortunately deceived, please report to the local Australian police in time.
If the deceived money is cashed through bank card transfer in mainland China, after the victim reports to the local police in Australia, he can directly dial the 110 police number of the public security agency where the domestic household registration is located, or use the 110 police number to transfer and query the local anti-fraud center. Report it later.
Australian police emergency number: 000
Australian police call for help: 131444
Emergency telephone number for consular protection and assistance of the Chinese Embassy in Australia:
Embassy in Australia: 02 6228 3948
Consulate General in Sydney: 02 9550 5519
Consulate General in Melbourne: 03 9824 8810
Consulate General in Perth: 08 9221 3729
Consulate General in Brisbane: 07 3012 8090
Consulate General in Adelaide: 08 8268 8806
The telephone number of the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
+86-10-12308 or +86-10-59913991
Dial 0011-86-10-59913991 from within Australia
WeChat users can also ask for help through the mini program "Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12308"