China News Service, May 6. According to the WeChat public account of the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney, recently, the consular area of the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney has shown a high incidence of telecommunications fraud against Chinese citizens.
Fraudsters impersonate the staff of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, domestic public security organs, international express companies, etc., contact the target through the phone or the Internet, carry out contactless fraud, induce the target to remit or transfer money, and then achieve the purpose of defrauding money. .
Some fraudsters steal the target's personal information or privacy through illegal channels, carefully design scams, take advantage of the target's nervousness and fear, propose solutions related to money, and require the target to isolate itself from the outside world, creating "virtual kidnappings".
The Consulate General in Sydney once again reminds Chinese citizens in the consular area to be vigilant, strengthen security precautions, and avoid being deceived.
1. Telecommunications fraud is a common method used by fraudsters to use telephone, Internet and other platforms to commit crimes.
The fraudulent calls are mostly automatically dialed by the dial-up software, and the caller number simulates the phone numbers of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, domestic public security agencies, international express companies, and local government departments. into its elaborate deception.
2. Chinese embassies and consulates abroad will not ask for anyone's bank account information, will not indicate on the phone that they have been transferred to the domestic public prosecutor's office, and will not ask the callee to call back any phone number for further contact.
The Chinese and Australian police will not use WeChat, QQ, whatsapp, tiktok, telegram, etc. to investigate cases, and the police IDs held by fraudsters are also fake IDs synthesized through image editing software.
3. Chinese citizens in the consular area are requested to be highly vigilant against the swindles carefully designed by fraudsters, and keep personal information properly. For example, if you receive a recorded call from a department claiming to be a Chinese embassy or consulate abroad, a domestic public prosecutor or an international express company, etc., to inform you that you are involved in illegal entry , bank card money laundering cases, uncollected packages at embassies and consulates, transfer to manual services according to prompts, etc. These are the usual tricks of fraudsters. Please hang up the phone decisively to prevent being deceived.
4. If you are unfortunate enough to be deceived, please report to the local police in time.
If the defrauded funds are transferred through bank cards in mainland China, after the victim has reported the case to the local police in Australia, he can call the 110 police number of the local public security organ in the country where his household registration is located to report the case, or transfer the money through the 110 police number and check the local anti-fraud center’s alarm number. report.
Australian police number: 000, police assistance number: 131444, free translation number: 131450.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center hotline 12308 (dial 0011-86-10-12308 or 59913991 in Australia), WeChat users can also use the mini program "Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12308" for one-click assistance.
The emergency number for consular protection of the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney is +61-2-95505519.