A woman who emigrated to Australia last year received a call indicating that the call came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
After she panicked to answer the call, the other person said she was an immigration officer.
As she had just arrived in Australia, she was not aware of the mode of work of the Immigration Service, so she had no doubt about the origin of the call.
After a few pleasantries, she was told that some of the forms had been incorrectly filled in when she supplied the materials to Australia.
If she does not change it immediately, she will not only be arrested and detained, put in jail, but also paid a fine of $20000.
The woman was scared to piss because she had all her personal information, even her flight information, and the home address of her parents.
So she did not think much, and immediately asked the other party what to do.
The "staff member" said she now has two options, one is to leave the country immediately before making a declaration to the Office of the High Commissioner of Australia when she gets home.
Another option is to pay $6,000 and ask the staff to correct her mistake on the spot.
She called her husband to answer the phone because she was still a little restless.
Her husband talked to each other for nearly two hours, but no matter how negotiated, the other man insisted that he would not agree to communicate with anyone else.
In fact, she herself was very strange, because all the immigration materials she remembered were prepared step by step according to the requirements.
But under the pressure of the other party on the phone, she was very nervous, and then her husband panicked.
Finally, they decided to pay $6000 on the phone to "modify" the information.
This is the story of Swati Nagar, a newcomer who recently suffered fraud from telecom Australia.
She is now Australia's PR, who moved to Brisbane last July from New Delhi, India.
They transferred $6000 to each other through Western Union and Moeny Gram, the couple's entire savings.
After the money was transferred, the "staff member" also said they would immediately correct the mistake when they received the money and return it to them after the change.
But the money has not yet been found.
In retrospect, she thinks they should also have their bank account information, because the amount they ask to pay is exactly the balance of their bank account.
They were confirmed to be dialed at the emergency consular helpline of (DFAT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
DFAT said they had learned of similar fraud gangs posing as their staff and threatening new immigrants to be deported without paying money.
Relevant reminders have also been posted on its website.
According to the announcement, DFAT would never ask anyone to pay by phone.
Please also do not mention any personal information related to payment on the phone.
If you receive a similar call, please hang up immediately and contact the police.
The case's client, Ms Nagar, was deceived because she had first arrived in Australia without knowing what was happening and not seeing the announcement.
The $6000 is not a small sum for her family, because she and her husband are still looking for work, and now all their savings are gone, and the family's life has become very embarrassing.
"I think it's a lot of money for anyone, not to mention people like us who have just emigrated and are looking for a job."
"it's just that what I'm more worried about now is that the caller has our personal information, and maybe they'll continue to use it to cheat in the future."
"We would like to remind others that we must be careful not to fall into such a predicament."
Hope that you Chinese immigrants can learn from other people's painful experience, receive similar phone calls must be vigilant!
Don't pay money on the phone foolishly, if it is really hard half-life savings deceived by others, then it is too late to cry.