Beware of Fraudulent Telephone Calls Targeting Punjabi Migrants

A Punjabi migrant Gurdeep Singh was threatened this week by a suspicious phone call mentioning that ATO and Police are after him for three legal proceedings. Here we have a conversation with Gurdeep Singh who wants to spread the message of 'alertness' after he attended this suspicious phone call (phone call audio included). Preetinder Grewal reports….

Telephone Alert Source: Photo SBS

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