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Current COVID-19 (coronavirus) scams

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    19 October 2020
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Information on how scammers are using the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic to take advantage of people across Australia and the three main types of scams we are seeing. This fact sheet is available in 12 languages.

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Arabic | لعربية COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 103.55 KB )

Chinese simplified | 简体中文 COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 413.41 KB )

Chinese traditional | 繁體中文 COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 315.68 KB )

Greek | Ελληνικά COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 101.17 KB )

Hindi | हिन्दी COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 101.39 KB )

Italian | Italiano COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 74.13 KB )

Korean | 한국어 COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 115.56 KB )

Macedonian | македонски COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 101.84 KB )

Punjabi | पंजाबी COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 112.23 KB )

Spanish | Español COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 73.66 KB )

Turkish | Türkçe COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 78.46 KB )

Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt COVID-19 scams fact sheet ( PDF 104.75 KB )

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