Scams Targeting Chinese Students

This content was published on Thursday 12 October 2023. There may be more recent updates available.

Recently there has been an increase in scammers using tactics to threaten, intimidate and steal from Chinese students.

We have developed a factsheet about these scams targeting Chinese students (available in both English and Mandarin) which provides detailed information on:

  • What this scam looks like
  • What you can do if a scammer approaches you while you are studying in Australia
  • Where you can get help within Australia