澳洲人警惕新的 Centrelink 詐騙，聲稱收到「獎金」現金

詐騙者試圖竊取人們的個人資訊，並以虛假的生活費減免來引誘他們。

A new scam is targeting Aussies, falsely claiming they are entitled to a “bonus” cash payment from Centrelink.

一個新的騙局瞄準了澳洲人，謊稱他們有權從 Centrelink 獲得「獎金」現金。

Services Australia has warned people to be wary of any cost-of-living relief scams being shared on unofficial websites and social media accounts.

澳洲服務部警告人們警惕非官方網站和社群媒體帳號上分享的任何生活費救濟騙局。

Scammers are trying to get people to click on their website and read about a new “one-off payment”, “cash relief payment” or “bonus payment”.

詐騙者試圖讓人們點擊他們的網站並了解新的「一次性付款」、「現金救濟付款」或「獎金付款」。

But the government body has confirmed there is no such payment.

但政府機構已確認沒有此類付款。

“They’re targeting our customers by falsely saying there’s an extra payment coming to help ease the cost-of-living pressures. There is no bonus payment,” Services Australia said.

「他們針對我們的客戶謊稱將提供額外付款以幫助緩解生活成本壓力。沒有獎金，」澳洲服務部表示。

“If you visit one of these websites or click on their links on social media, you’re at risk of being scammed. Don’t trust unofficial websites or social media accounts for advice about Centrelink payments.”

「如果您訪問這些網站之一或點擊社交媒體上的鏈接，您就有被騙的風險。不要相信非官方網站或社交媒體帳戶提供有關 Centrelink 付款的建議。

Services Australia is encouraging recipients to only visit the official Services Australia website, ending in .gov.au, for information about payments and services. You can also call them to check whether information is legitimate.

澳洲服務部鼓勵收款人僅造訪澳洲服務部官方網站（以 .gov.au 結尾），以獲取有關付款和服務的資訊。您也可以致電他們檢查資訊是否合法。

This scam comes after Services Australia previously warned about a scam targeting older Aussies by falsely claiming an “extra payment” was coming for people on the age pension.

此前，澳洲服務部曾警告稱，有一個針對老年澳洲人的騙局，謊稱領取退休金的人將獲得「額外付款」。

The scams can offer varying amounts of money, including $750 and $1,800.

這些騙局提供的金額不等，包括 750 美元和 1,800 美元。

Services Australia has also warned about multiple Services Australia scams currently circulating, including ones pretending to be from Centrelink, myGov and Medicare.

澳洲服務部也對目前流傳的多個澳洲服務部詐騙發出警告，其中包括冒充來自 Centrelink、myGov 和 Medicare 的詐騙。

Other Centrelink scams involve fraudsters impersonating Services Australia and calling people to claim they need to urgently pay a debt. They claim you will be arrested if you don’t pay straight away via bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency. Aussies have been told to hang up.

其他 Centrelink 詐騙涉及詐騙者冒充澳洲服務局並打電話給人們聲稱他們需要緊急償還債務。他們聲稱，如果您不立即透過銀行轉帳、禮品卡或加密貨幣付款，您將被逮捕。澳洲人被告知掛斷電話。

Aussies have lost more than $134 million to scams this year, according to Scamwatch data.

根據 Scamwatch 的數據，今年澳洲人因詐騙損失超過 1.34 億澳元。

Investment scams are the top scams by loss, followed by romance and phishing scams.

投資詐騙是損失最多的詐騙，其次是愛情詐騙和網路釣魚詐騙。

It follows a recent report that revealed scammers were accessing Aussies’ Centrelink, Australian Taxation Office and Medicare accounts by creating fake myGov accounts.

最近的一份報告顯示，詐騙者透過建立虛假的 myGov 帳戶來存取澳洲的 Centrelink、澳洲稅務局和 Medicare 帳戶。

This is being done through a process called “unauthorised linking” where a genuine myGov account is linked with a fake myGov account created by a scammer, without the person’s knowledge.

這是透過一個名為「未經授權的連結」的過程來完成的，其中真實的 myGov 帳戶與詐騙者創建的虛假 myGov 帳戶相鏈接，而詐騙者並不知情。