Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Bizarre virtual kidnapping in Australia highlights risk to Chinese students Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 26/09/20 Description Chang, considered a leading international expert on the scams, says that because of the stigma associated with being a victim of the scam, it is almost certainly underreported. The scam has been so successful, he says, because it manipulates common fears and beliefs. He himself has received calls, trying to play along with the scammers long enough to glean information for his research, but they just hung up on him. Students of his were not so lucky. They told him they had been targeted in such scams, and that their parents had paid ransoms, but they had never reported the offences to authorities Producer/Author Nino Bucci URL https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/26/bizarre-virtual-kidnapping-in-australia-highlights-risk-to-chinese-students Persons Lennon Chang
Keywords
- virtual kinapping
- Online scam
- cybercrime