I le tausaga 2019, e $2.6 miliona na lusi ma leiloa a le tina ia Sylvia Chou i se faiga taufaasese poo se scam na faapea e invest pe faafaigaluega ai ana tupe.
Na ia faaalia na amata i le $250, ae mulimuli ane alu uma ai le $2.6 miliona.
"A lot of people say how could $250 turn into over $2.6 million? That's how scary and dangerous they are. They trap you in and when you are not in a situation where you can't think, you panic, you lost your cool, you lose the judgment and you just follow what I say. That's what happened."
Na ta'ua e Sylvia a'afiaga na o'o ia te ia i lona soifua maloloina ma le mafutaga ma lana fanau ona o le tele o lenei tupe ua goto i le taufaasese.
"They are very very very good. Trust me, they know how to pin your weak point. My family fell apart 'cause I'm a single mum. My two kids, I guess it's too much for them to cope with this stress from me as well. We had a really really challenging relationship after I got scammed."
Na faaalia e le Komisi le ACCC, le Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, e 'ova i le $3 Biliona na gau ma leiloa e tagatanu'u Ausetalia mai faiga taufaasese i le tausaga na te'a nei.
E tele auala o le taufaasese, ae o se tasi lenei o auala o tupe faafaigaluega poo investments.
I faamaumauga a le Scamwatch, o le 66% poo le $1.5 biliona o tupe gau i scams poo faiga taufaasese, e auala mai i investment scams.
Ua faavaeina e le malo tele se faalapotopotoga e aofia ai sui o le ACCC ma le Australian Securities and Investments Commission [[ASIC]] e gafa ma le suesueina ma le fautuaina o tagata lautele i auala e le pu'eina ai e le 'upega o faiga tau faasese.
Na saunoa le sui teutupe Stephen Jones o le a iai ma fesoasoani mai faletupe ma Kamupani telefoni.
"Together with expertise from industries, our banks, our telecommunication companies, our social media platforms, bringing strategies, tactics together to take the fight up to scammers. And we know the scammers are nimble so if we put in place a strategy to take them on and we're successful that they'll move onto something else which is why this has to be a continual strategy and we'll be setting these up over the course of a year to take the fight to the scammers."
Na saunoa le sui Komesina o le ACCC, Catriona Lowe, ua iloa le matua atamamai ma popoto o tagata o loo faia pisinisi taufaasese i tupe faafaigaluega ma le afu o isi tagata.
"As scammers become increasingly sophisticated in their tactics, its clear that a coordinated response is required across government, regulators, law enforcement and the private sector. It is essential to combat scams effectively. This coordination will be the role of the National Anti-Scam Centre."
O le lapata'iga masani lava - a feso'ota'i atu se tagata e te le masani ai i luga o le telefoni poo le imeli ma ofo atu se avanoa e vave ai ona fanau mai se polofiti tele mai se tupe itiiti e te totogi atu - mafaufau muamua - e tele le avanoa o se faiga tau faasese.
E pei ona saunoa Danielle Press o le Commissioner of the Securities and Investments Commission.
"I would encourage consumers to look at Moneysmart*, think about how you detect an investment scam because there are some very obvious signs that something is not quite right. They're the types of things we're looking at. We're also very much looking at website that are not offered by licenced financial services - taking those down before they reach consumers."
(Ripoti na faamaopoopoina e Mahnaz Angury ma Ciara Hain mo le SBS News, tapenaina mo faasalalauga e Ioane Tiperio Lafoa'i mo le SBS Samoan)
