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Authorities are warning Australians to be alert when donating to bushfire relief funds after reports of scammers posing as well-known charities and victims. The government’s consumer agency has received 47 reports of bushfire related scams since September. That story by SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

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Authorities are warning Australians to be alert when donating to bushfire relief funds after reports of scammers posing as well-known charities and victims. The government’s consumer agency has received 47 reports of bushfire related scams since September. That story by SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

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