Beware of Unsolicited Calls from Chinese Scammers Posing as Embassy/Police

Oz8argain on 22/05/2018 - 14:26
Last edited 23/05/2018 - 13:27 by 1 other user

There's a group of scammers from China who are posing as employees of the Chinese Embassy, they will also direct you to a Beijing police department.

If you speak Chinese:
Please do not respond to these calls. The Chinese police cannot arrest you in Australia without contacting the Australian police, and they won't call you to let you know they are coming. Police officers in general don't ask you to transfer money or ask you about your bank account.

I've heard a lot of people, especially Chinese international students and elderlies are getting scammed of all their money (Myself, family and co-workers have all received these calls regardless of ethinicity). The police are aware of this scam. However, there isn't much they can do.

I know that the Ozbargain community are very sharp, but I think it's good to spread the awareness of this scam before it's too late.

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  waterbottled on 22/05/2018 - 14:46

  Download Mr Number app on your phone, and let it block all calls from the number. Done.

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    [Deactivated] on 22/05/2018 - 15:11

    +2

    the calls come in with a faked caller ID, and they keep changing them

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  Wystri Warrick on 22/05/2018 - 15:28

  -7

  Scams happen every where, all the time, by every nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality etc.
  Why should this one be any different and be posted here?

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    boomramada on 22/05/2018 - 16:08

    +3

    Op try to warn you about new breed of scammers, nothing wrong with that.

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      Wystri Warrick on 22/05/2018 - 17:17

      -2

      Yeah I know and it's good, but there are scammers everywhere.
      It just pays to be vigilant, receiving any kind of phone call stating you're in trouble or have won a prizes should set of alarm bells, and if someone makes a claim ask for ID.
      So kudo's to OP, but IMHO it's not necessary.

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        try2bhelpful on 23/05/2018 - 09:44

        +1

        So it has taken you two postings to complain about someone posting about a scam that doesn't apply to you. My suggestion is you ignore these sort of postings and just move on. It being posting does not affect you one iota but you needing to take time to reply does. Just look elsewhere.

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    Baysew on 23/05/2018 - 11:01

    +1

    Why should this one be any different and be posted here?

    Nice try, Chinese scammer.

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  No Username on 22/05/2018 - 16:25

  So that what it's about. I keep getting random calls from a number and when I pick up all I hear is Chinese music.

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    Oz8argain on 23/05/2018 - 11:16

    +1

    I think they just want to give chinese music some international exposure :)

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  [Deactivated] on 22/05/2018 - 16:43

  +2

  Does the Chinese embassy take iTunes gift cards?

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  DuckKnight on 22/05/2018 - 16:46

  Police officers in general don't ask you to transfer money or ask you about your bank account.

  Police don't do bribes? That's disappointing.

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  CharityCase on 26/05/2018 - 12:15

  +1

  I just got a call, voice recording in Chinese saying you have failed to receive a very important mail from Chinese consulate and this is call for final notification, press 2 for transferring to an operator

  Typical scam, how can I tell? It's bloody 8:30 am on Saturday!