澳大利亚人警惕新的 Centrelink 诈骗，声称收到“奖金”现金

诈骗者试图窃取人们的个人信息，并以虚假的生活费减免来引诱他们。

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

一个新的骗局瞄准了澳大利亚人，谎称他们有权从 Centrelink 获得“奖金”现金。

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

澳大利亚服务部警告人们警惕非官方网站和社交媒体帐户上分享的任何生活费救济骗局。

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”.

诈骗者试图让人们点击他们的网站并了解新的“一次性付款”、“现金救济付款”或“奖金付款”。

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

但政府机构已确认没有此类付款。

“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.

“他们针对我们的客户谎称将提供额外付款以帮助缓解生活成本压力。没有奖金，”澳大利亚服务部表示。

“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.”

“如果您访问这些网站之一或点击社交媒体上的链接，您就有被骗的风险。不要相信非官方网站或社交媒体帐户提供有关 Centrelink 付款的建议。”

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.

澳大利亚服务部鼓励收款人仅访问澳大利亚服务部官方网站（以 .gov.au 结尾），以获取有关付款和服务的信息。您也可以致电他们检查信息是否合法。

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，澳大利亚服务部曾警告称，有一个针对老年澳大利亚人的骗局，谎称领取养老金的人将获得“额外付款”。

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

这些骗局提供的金额不等，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.

澳大利亚服务部还对目前流传的多个澳大利亚服务部诈骗发出警告，其中包括冒充来自 Centrelink、myGov 和 Medicare 的诈骗。

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 诈骗涉及诈骗者冒充澳大利亚服务局并打电话给人们声称他们需要紧急偿还债务。他们声称，如果您不立即通过银行转账、礼品卡或加密货币付款，您将被逮捕。澳大利亚人被告知挂断电话。

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

根据 Scamwatch 的数据，今年澳大利亚人因诈骗损失超过 1.34 亿澳元。

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

投资诈骗是损失最多的诈骗，其次是爱情诈骗和网络钓鱼诈骗。

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

最近的一份报告显示，诈骗者通过创建虚假的 myGov 账户来访问澳大利亚的 Centrelink、澳大利亚税务局和 Medicare 账户。

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.

这是通过一个名为“未经授权的链接”的过程来完成的，其中真实的 myGov 帐户与诈骗者创建的虚假 myGov 帐户相链接，而诈骗者并不知情。