CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the AFP,National Anti-Scam Centre, Philippines Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission and National Bureau of Investigation
Editor's note:Text message screenshot, images from investigation, and audio grabs from AFP Commander Graeme Marshall are available via Hightail
Authorities have texted more than 5000 potential victims in Australia to warn they may have been targeted by romance scammers based in the Philippines.
The National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), in partnership with the AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), has today texted potential victims, who are mostly male, urging them no...