Tau fa'asese i le KOVITI: auala e iloa ai ma taofia ai.

E lata i le $10 miliona na gaoia e faiga tau faasese mai tagatanu'u Ausetalia talu mai le amataga o le faama'i, e tusa ai ma se ripoti a le Scamwatch.

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Vaega taua:

• Ua iloa e le Scamwatch itu'aiga tau faasese 'ese'ese e aofia ai faamatalaga sese i tui puipui, tagata e faia le pepelo o ni sui o le malo, tau faasese i tupe teu i le Supa, faatauga i luga o le 'upega tafa'ilagi ma pisinisi.  
• O tagata e a'afia i le tau faasese e ono gau ma leiloa ai tupe poo le gaoia o faamatalaga puipuia.  

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O Dr Steve Hambleton le fautua sinia, le Chief Clinical Advisor i le the Australian Digital Health Agency. 

Na ia ta'ua nisi o tau faasese e faaaogaina ai le KOVITI-19 i Ausetalia. 

"There are people selling fake vaccine appointments and of course, to get an appointment they need to know who you are — that's what they want," he said. ("Ua iai tagata e faatulagaina appointments mo le faia o tui puipui, ma latou tapa ou faamatalaga puipuia...")

"You might be asked for payment to send you a vaccine, which you shouldn't be paying for," Dr Hambleton explained. ("E ono fai atu e totogi mai se tupe o le tau o le tui puipui, e ui o tui puipui e le totogia.")

Pe fai atu e tuu lou suafa i le lisi faatalitali, pe totogi se tau o sau test, ae pau le mea o loo manana'o iai, o ou faamatalaga puipuia.

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Pepa faamaonia o tui puipui pepelo. 

Ua lapata'ia fo'i e le Digital Health Agency tagata lautele ina ia nofouta i tagata e vili atu ma ofo e faia sou pepa faamaonia o tui puipui i luga o le 'upega tafa'ilagi.  

Na faaalia e Dr Hambleton o le tele o tau faasese nei, o loo tuliloa faamatalaga e aofia ai fuainumera o sau credit card. 

"People are offering these fake certificates on the black-market," he said. ("O loo ofo e nisi tagata pepa faamaonia nei i le maketi uliuli")

"O le autu moni lava o le ofoina atu o le avanoa e fai ai sau pepa faamaonia i luga o le 'upega tafa'ilagi o le maunuina o ou faamatalaga puipuia.."

They want identifying information, they want health information — and of course that gives them the ability to steal your identity.

O faamatalaga puipuia e faatatau i lou soifua maloloina, a gaoia, e matua faigata ona toe maua mai. e pei ona saunoa ai Dr Hambleton. 

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Tau faasese fai mai o se fe'au mai le malo.

O le isi auala e maunu ai e tagata tau faasese faamatalaga puipuia, e auala i fe'au e lafo i luga o text poo le imeli e faatatau i le KOVITI-19. 

E mafai ona aofia ai se link e te ulufale iai. E faaigoaina o le 'phishing' ma o se auala e mafai ai ona gaoia faamatalaga i au faaputuga tupe.  

Fai ma faata'ita'iga, se text e foliga mai e afua mai i le ‘myGov’, ae iai ma se link e fai atu e te tatalaina.

Don't click on that link because that’s not the way MyGov will contact you. Go to the website directly. ('Aua e te tatalaina (kiliki) le link ona e le o se auala lena e fesoota'i atu ai le myGove i tagata o le atunu'u. Alu sa'o i le website a le malo).