There is some conspiracy to cheat Chinese students in Australia

Police in Australia say Chinese students are being targeted in Sydney in a scam of kidnapping and the people involved have managed to recover huge amounts from them.

According to the police, in many cases, Chinese students, who were victims of blackmailing, had to make videos by sending their videos to China to demand money from their family.

Police say that so far in the year 2020, there have been eight such ‘virtual kidnapping’ cases and one of them was fined 11 million pounds.

Its victims used to believe that they or some of their close relatives were in danger and they were ready to pay ransom.

The New South Wales Police of Australia said that in the year 2020, this scam has increased very fast and now it is being done on ‘industrial scale’.

The police have urged the students to immediately report to the police as soon as they receive a threatening call.

How does this scam work?

Officials say that this ‘call-center type’ scam is being operated from abroad, so it is difficult to track it.

In this, the person who calls Farziwada calls himself from the Chinese Embassy or any other officer and tells the victim’s student that he is involved in a crime in China or they have some other risk.

This fake officer who speaks in Chinese language then tells the student that if they want to avoid being arrested or deported, they should collect the fee.

According to the police, in some cases, the students were prepared to even contact their family or friends, stay in one hotel and make a video of fake kidnapping and then send that video to their family. Ask to send money.

In one case, a father tied hands and feet to some unknown place of his daughter, he had already sent 11 million pounds of ransom before getting a silenced video.

After that, when the father contacted the Sydney police, the police found the girl safe in just one hour in a hotel in the city.

In many other cases 20 to 30 thousand Australian dollars were given a ransom.

According to Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett, “In some cases the family gave everything to the ransom.”

In many cases, when the police received information from the family, the police found the victims of the alleged kidnapping absolutely safe the other day. Many times its victims started feeling so ashamed of themselves that they did not tell the police anything about it.

According to the New South Wales Police, “Many of the victims of virtual kidnappings were horrified at what happened. They felt that they had really put themselves or their family members at risk.”

After all, how did people become victims of this?

According to the police, this entire scam is going on on a large scale. In this, an automatic phone is made with any Chinese surname present in the phone book.

Superintendent of Police Bennett says, “They have spread their net very widely. Some people get stuck in it, which is a great deal for them.”

According to him, in the last few months, it has gained a lot of speed and every weekend there is a news of being a victim of someone.

Advocates of foreign students in Australia say the threat of the Corona epidemic has increased as many students are forced to work in freelancing or unorganized sector, where they do not get the benefit of government welfare schemes.

According to the police, in some cases ‘cultural factors’ and in some cases the isolation of foreign students also makes them easy targets.

New South Wales Police says, “Students can do two important things to avoid this type of crime – first, they should be careful that such criminals exist, and secondly, if they know If he or someone he knows could be a victim of it, tell the police immediately. “

There have been reports of such frauds in America and New Zealand as well.