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Australian police warn of virtual kidnappings

A laptop user with their hood up holding a bank card.

Die Opfer werden dazu gezwungen, ihre eigene Entführung zu inszenieren. Source: AAP / Tim Goode/PA/Alamy

The victims are mostly Chinese students: Fraudsters blackmail young people with sometimes flimsy pretexts in order to get their families' money. This goes so far that even kidnappings are faked. In Australia, such crimes are currently on the rise. German students can also fall victim to the criminals.


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By Barbara Barkhausen

Presented by Julia Grewe

Source: SBS



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The victims are mostly Chinese students: Fraudsters blackmail young people with sometimes flimsy pretexts in order to get their families' money. This goes so far that even kidnappings are faked. In Australia, such crimes are currently on the rise. German students can also fall victim to the criminals.



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