Nofouta i ‘scams’ faiga tau fa’asesē

Police are warning international students returning home to be aware of scammers seeking access to bank accounts_SBS.jpg

Lapa'iga mai leoleo a le Australian Federal Police i 'scams' poo faiga tau fa’asesē i luga o le 'upega tafa'ilagi ma le telefoni. (Image SBS).

Ua aumaia se lapata’iga mai leoleo a le mālō tele i tagata, ae maise i tagata mai atunu’u i fafo o loo a'o'oga i Ausetalia nei, ia nofouta i faiga taufa’asesē e gaoia ai numera o a latou tusi tupe ma isi pepa faamaonia e fa’alapotopotoga solitulafono.


Na fa’aalia e le Australian Federal Police o nisi o loo se'etia i ofo o se tupe vave ona maua, ae mulimuli ane gau uma ai a latou tupe, pe fa’amauina ai o latou igoa o ni tagata e iai so’otaga ma fa’alapotopotoga solitulafono.

Na saunoa Detective Superintendent Marie Andersson o le AFP, o le tele o faiga nei, o loo taumafai e maunu ai pepa fa’amaonia o tagata ua mae'a a'oga ma sauni e toe fo'i i atunuu na o mai ai.

"They're offering quick cash... then these assets are used for laundering proceeds of crime, cyber crime attacks. They're also deceiving victims into trusting fake identities."

Na ia ta'ua fo'i, o fa’alapotopotoga nei e ofoina le faitau selau tālā i tagata mo fa’amaumauga o a latou pepa fa’amaonia ae maise le numera o tusi tupe poo bank accounts, tusi folau ma pepa fa’amaonia mai le mālō e pei o le Medicare.

Na faaalia e le AFP, o nisi o i'uga o le maunuina i faiga tau faasesē nei, o le molia ai o se tagata i le teuina o tupe ‘ele’elea, le money laundering, le soloia o sona Visa ma le toe mafai ai ona ulufale mai ai i Ausetalia.

"They could be facing criminal charges for money laundering or fraud... This could be a consequence of visa refusal or cancelation, permanent bans from entering or re-entering Australia."

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